I was about to do my blog the other morning when I happened to notice someone else’s blog on the front page.
It was titled Raising a churchless child.
It caught my eye and I had to read it.
This is a portion of it.

My husband and I were both raised Mormon. Independently of one another, we both stopped going to church after high school. Now, as adults, we are happy and comfortable with our personal belief systems and neither of us have any interest in going back to church, any church. My husband’s belief system leans more toward the scientific and rational, while I still entertain some spiritual beliefs that don’t have a particularly secular explanation… but in the end we’d probably both call ourselves agnostic. Basically, neither of us believe that we can be sure one way or the other and, at least for me, I’m just not sure it matters. In the end, shouldn’t we be good people because it’s just the right thing to do, independent of judgment from on high? And any God who might be out there… wouldn’t he/she/it be rather pleased I’ve lived a good life and been kind to others? There’s just something about the notion of an all powerful being who will punish me for not believing despite the quality of my life that seems a little… self serving? Narcissistic?

She goes on and talks about her daughter; about letting her choose whatever makes her happy and fulfilled.
It doesn’t matter to her if it’s Christian, Islam, or Wiccan.
This is a dose of O-ism in the fullest; whatever is good for you, you should do!
Each of us, left to our own, will never choose God.
It is written there is none who seeks after God. Rom 3:11
I find her thoughts on God’s “self serving” nature interesting.
Of course the Creator is a bit self-serving but not in a selfish, arrogant, egotistical way.
He has said, “I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.” Ps 50:15
For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. Deut 4:24
And but indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?” Rom 9:20
Who are we to argue with God about His nature?
I submit to you that there is no other god that has such great love for you to die for you.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
Choose life; choose Jesus!
He IS the only Way!