I believe the Divine sacred is something more powerful than anything on earth. Not
necessarily in a physical sense but more in a spiritual. I feel that the youth of today,
more than any other time in the world's history, needs to know something about what
their parents and ancestors have found in religion. As we look at today's youth we see a
decline in good Christian values or in a better sense the falling away from the good life
Jesus has taught us.
I remember when was a little boy my father always made me attend every funeral that
happened to family or friends, even if I didn't know them. I remember always asking my
father if the deceased went to heaven or hell? My father would always tell me if the
deceased was a member of the church, followed the ten commandments, and followed the good
life taught to us by Jesus, he was enrolled for heaven. If the deceased had never went
to church, broke some of the ten commandments, and did not follow the good life, he was
consigned to hell. Myself as a six-year-old I never wanted to go to hell. I remember
what my Sunday school teachers told of this place where you live in a a fiery pit always
in pain. I'm sorry, but that just doesn't sound like fun to me. I began from then on
being the best person I could, I never missed church on Sundays, and to the best of my
ability tried to live the life Jesus has paved for us.
This is by far the most religious experience, that I have ever experienced in my life.
I never found myself so part of a religion, that I was so Christian that I was going to
live my life in such a way that I was going to heaven.
In my judgment there has never been a time in the history of the world when men and
women were so eager to find a religion or religious truth. They seem to be looking for
something they should have found in their childhood, like I did. I realized that at an
early age what the good life was and in knowing that I could live my life accordingly.
My relation to the universe is, for me, an all important affair. I can make no attempt
to teach everyone the way that I have realized when I was little, nor do I attempt to
solve all the problems that any one day presents. However, I am ever growing and through
growing so is my faith in the religion that I have lived my life for. As I wait for
Jesus to walk in this world again and all my answers of the divine are answered. Then the
mystery will be solved. Until that day arrives I will continue to live my life the best
was I know how all due to the fact of my religious experience that happened to me when I
was a little boy.
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