Motivated
by a serious health issue I steadfastly observed the rules of a highly
restricted diet and six weeks later as a result, the health crisis had resolved
itself. In the months that followed
slowly I stopped following the rules I did not like knowing that
if I needed to I could just become observant again.
I mention
this piece of personal history because as I pondered the scriptures for this
week it kept coming to mind.
How many
Christians place greater importance on observing the rules and regulation of
their religion rather then in God’s gift of unconditional love for us.
I
observed the rules as long as it suited me and I failed to have faith in the
healthy lifestyle that the restrictive diet offered because I knew that should
I get sick again well all I had to do was get back on board - not so with our spiritual health.
How many
Christians believe that all they have to do is start following the rules again
and salvation is theirs.
God is
very clear on this point that following rules and observing the regulations of
any religion is not what will save you in the end.
Salvation
is a gift offered to those with the faith to accept it as the free will
offering that it is.
Faith that accepts that
there is nothing any human being can do on their own to deserve it – it is what
it is unconditional love offered freely to all humanity equally.
Faith is
not about what we do or don’t do it is about what we think, feel, and then offer out
into our world.
Matthew
15 speaks about how following the rules does not make or break your faith it is
what happen in that very private place, your mind, your heart your soul.
Grandma Snyder
©2013-2017 twosnydergirls
Lectionary readings: Isaiah 56:1, 6-8; Psalm 67; Romans
11:1-2a, 29-32; Matthew 15:(10-20) 21-28; Luke 13:10:17
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