re: Let's talk about life

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And to the religious responses, I'm not religious at all. 8 years of catholic school will do that to you. That's not gonna happen.

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Don't dismiss God because of your experiences with religion. The two are not the same thing. Religion is a defense mechanism for man to calm his anxiety about the world we inhabit. Man sets up a group of guidelines to follow to make him feel better about being "good and right". God never created us to be religious. He created us to give Him our hearts.

I will give you an example. What if I told you that your girlfriend would follow your rules to the exact letter of the law. Call you a certain number of times a day, spend a certain number of hours with you a week, and give you gifts on a specified frequency. She would appear to others to be a "good girlfriend" correct? Not hardly because she is only doing it out of obligation.

What if instead you girlfriend was spontaneous and surprised you on a regular basis. What if she found out the name of your favorite bakery back home and ordered you sweets? What if she just wanted to spend time with you with no expectation of anything in return other than to be your best friend?

The second example would clearly be LOVE. True love is an action not a feeling. If I love God then I will love what He loves. He loves everyone as much as me. So I choose to serve others first and stop thinking of myself. The true secret to fulfillment is to stop being self centered. To stop being self righteous and stop being self focused. If you ever meet a truly biblically humble person you will remember them not because of their low self esteem or high self esteem. You will remember them for their lack of interest in themselves and their total intrest in you.

Forget self. Serve others.