Thought of the Day May 29, 2020

Mt. Zion - Orange
United Methodist Churches


“Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we do not see.” Hebrews 11:1
I often sort of laugh to myself when I hear someone say they are not religious, but they are spiritual. To my thinking if you are spiritual and don’t follow a religion you are wandering without a direction or even a path and your faith is in yourself. On the other hand, if you are religious without being spiritual you are just following rules and your faith is in the rule makers of that denomination.
Religious spirituality is faith with a within a path. Not to check off some required boxes or follow step by step instructions, but to seek the way to what the originator of the path sought. In Christianity that is to follow the way of Jesus in loving the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and to love your neighbor as yourself. These are followed by the statement by Jesus that “On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
Peace and Blessings, Pastor Tom

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