Not quite. Religion is for providing the motions to go through when you have lost track of spirituality. Go through them long and faithfully enough, and you have a chance of regaining or gaining spirituality. “I believe, Lord; help thou my unbelief” is your motto.
My good friend Joey once told me, “Religion is for people who don’t want to go to hell and spirituality is for people who have already been to hell and don’t want to go back.”
The first part of the statement definitely rang true in my early years of life. I went to Catholic church every week, said my prayers, gave a little, but always felt like something was missing. It wasn’t until I went into my deep depression that I realized what that was. A personal intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.
Now this isn’t something that could be obtained by going through the religious rituals that I had been doing. I needed to put my faith into action. But how would I know that I was actually following God’s plan for my life?
Well I guess that’s why they call it faith because to be honest I didn’t…
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