One Easter Sunday I sat in our Illinois church home. I listened to the story I have heard annually all of my life. The story of how Peter denied he was a follower of Jesus. I remembered when I first realized without the stories of Judas betraying Jesus, Peter denying Jesus and Paul persecuting Stephen and being blinded on the road to Damascus there might not be a religious movement we now know as Christianity. Around the same time as the Christianity epiphany, I made the leap to the reasons for the collection of stories that brought forth the Jewish monotheistic faith…
One God focuses our faith…..
One God consolidates our thoughts…..
One God gives us a universal reason for working together….
One God allows us to pray, worship and share our spiritual rituals with each other…..
Spiritual rituals sooth our souls….
Spiritual rituals allow us to be present…..
Spiritual rituals remind us to be mindful of our better selves….
Spiritual rituals calm our troubled minds…..
God is good…..
Embracing the ebb and flow of my walk with God strengthens my faith in good…..
Honoring the good in my life holds evil at bay….
Celebrating the good in Christmas, Lent, Easter, Epiphany, All Saints Day gives me common ground with my family and friends…..
All is well and good with my soul……
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