God doesn't want religion, he wants relationship. I've heard it said thousands of times and I've said it at least 776 times! But, as you can tell from my counting, I'm almost done saying it.
Could it be that Gods wants both?
In a good, healthy relationship both parties do and seek what's best for both. In my relationship with God there's a funny element. Since He is and has the best, there's nothing I can give Him that would make Him happier than He already is. It's not like He's moderately happy with me and is eagerly waiting for me to bring Him some unexpected surprise to move Him from moderately happy to exceedingly happy!
So, since His needs are met, in my relationship with Him I can (and He too) totally focus on my needs! I think it's a great plan.
I've been reading and thinking about religion. I used to condemn it. Publicly and Privately. If it is true that I am to love God with all my heart, soul and mind it is about more than a relationship. He wants it all.
Religion is not as bad as it sounds. The origins of Latin "religio" are not to clear. In general it is believed to derive from ligare "bind, connect"; likely from a prefixed re-ligare, i.e. re (again) + ligare or "to reconnect."
If religion means to 're-align' with God, I want it!
The negative connotation is the result of centuries of systematizing the Biblical beliefs and an almost complete disconnecting it from the heart.
This re-alignment involves the heart. But it also involves the soul and the mind. Religion isn't that bad after all.
The become whole as a person means that we need to add religion to our relationship.
Or am a missing something? If that would be the case, let me know before I will turn religious.
