I’ve been reading about religion and The Bible. I believe that The Bible is filled with spiritual truth. I don’t think that you can just pick and choose what you want out of the book. In fact, I think that many of the misunderstanding about Christianity arise because people take quotes out of the Bible out of context. I also think that they don’t consider that the Bible in English is a book that has been translated from one language into another at least once if not many times. There’s a possibility that some of the meaning might be lost in translation, especially considering that some of the original languages are now considered dead languages.
At the same time, I often say in this blog that nothing really matters except God’s greatest commandments. It isn’t so much that those two commandments are all that matters. My belief is that if I follow those commandments, then all the rest will fall into place. As I read more about the Bible, I am finding that same sentiment is within the pages of the book. God doesn’t want me to obsess and have anxiety over following every single little rule to the letter not for God’s law and not for man’s law. God wants me to live a good life and to be able to see it as a gift that I can enjoy. When I live my life as something that is to be treasured and filled with love, then my life glorifies God. When every part of my being, I believe that my life is meant to glorify God in some way. Not because I am special, but because I am His child and His servant. Because when I die, I have no idea what is going to happen. Yet if I create love while I am alive, maybe just maybe some of that love will go on forever long after I am gone.
Jesus talked about eternal life. I don’t know exactly what He meant. Maybe when I die, there’s a new beginning, but even if there isn’t my life has meaning because I believe and have faith. My life has meaning because I tried to be the best human being I could be, I tried to love as much as I could, and I tried to glorify God with my life.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
