Spiritual Lip Service

Spiritual Lip Service

What do you believe? People believe all sorts of things. Conspiracy theories of all kinds abound, aliens in the White House, Elvis sightings, remember, though no one admits to reading them, those tabloids by the check out counter sell millions of copies every week. The more curious beliefs aside, many worship at the alter of sports teams, politicians/political causes or even the environment, their ardor equal too and often exceeding that of the most devout church goers. I wish to make no value judgment on anyone’s secular beliefs, only that we have a capacity for passionate belief and commitment to many things. The question then is a matter of priority. I always find it curious when someone spends untold hours in discussion/debate on a sport or team, politics or some cause but has only a passing interest in the state of their soul.

When the time comes, and it comes for all since our time in this flesh is finite, where will we stand? Will a life dedicated to secular pursuits and interests be of much assistance when faced with the ultimate and eternal? Is there really anything more important than our connection with God, Our Father or defining the spiritual parameters by which we live?

Please, do not misunderstand; be passionate, root for your team, campaign for your beliefs and stand for the issues that move you, but we must not neglect taking stock, an honest inventory of our life to ascertain where we really stand spiritually.

For those who belong to a main stream Religion, the inventory is just as significant. Do we really believe what is being taught or are we paying it lip service with little passion, attending out of rote rather than deeply held conviction? How involved are we, for we reap as we sow. Are we committed to the beliefs our church espouses, the religion we chose, since we always demonstrate belief and commitment by our actions.

No one can take stock for us, so begin today to honestly inventory your beliefs, for spiritual honesty is a requisite if we are to find our true voice and place, to know peace and to comprehend serenity. What could possibly be of greater importance?

© Vincent Lee Jones Living In Spirit All Rights Reserved

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Spiritual Jell-O

Spiritual Jell-O

Emmet Fox stated“The universe is run exactly on the lines of a cafeteria”.  Just as at a self serve cafeteria, all of the gifts Our Fathers' grace provides are laid out before us, but it is up to us to take the action to claim these gifts, for just as the self serve cafeteria where we can sit wanting, watching others eating all around us, we remain hungry until we act. We must rise up in spirit and claim our spiritual nourishment through prayer, meditation and service, putting into action/demonstration the truths we have come to hold in our heart resisting the alluring spiritual shortcuts arrayed before us that ultimately lead only to tears, for this would be akin to trying to exist on jell-o and desserts alone. Though colorful, tasty and satisfying in the moment, it is ultimately spiritually deadly if we try to exist on these solely. Spiritual Jell-o, you heard it here first, refunds available upon request.

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Spiritually: Tide Pool Or Salt Marsh?

Spiritually: Tide Pool Or Salt Marsh?

Ever visited a tide pool and a salt marsh?  A tide pool is consistently refreshed with an influx of new water with the rising of the tides while the salt marsh is only sporadically refreshed. While a tide pool is vibrant and fresh, a salt marsh smells of stagnation and rot.  As is true for tide pools and salt marshes, such is our spiritual lives. When we become static, stagnant in our thinking, restricting or worse shutting off the fresh flow of experience taken to heart, we become resistant to change and can completely stifle our spiritual growth.

Living on the Spiritual Basis when one door closes we rejoice, for we have reached the end of this part of our journey and fearlessly (I know, easier said than done, which is why we rely on God for strength) we stride forth, knowing that God is with us and will keep us unharmed, if we are about His business: our ultimate awakening in Spirit. So the choice is always ours, freedom or limitation, growth or stagnation. Choose wisely.

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