I was sitting at lunch today ready to start reading when a though hit me.  I remembered a conversation I had with my friend a while back about his search for a valid Religion.  He mentioned he sat down and went through several religions including Mormonism, Christianity, Buddhism, Athiesm, etc. and he came to a conclusion:  Mormonism better suited his beliefs and answered his questions in a way that he could understand.

I thought that was a somewhat valid reason as he sat down and educated himself in different ways to see different options in their good and bad light.  But it hit me hard today, he found a religion that best suited him rather than a religion that best facilitated a relationship?  I donno, I am still workin on explaining it– but the concept is there.

I find myself looking for the right package to fit my needs–  Ill go with Time Warner over Cox because they are cheap and offer many package deals… Ill go with Southwest when their price is cheaper and they have comfortable seating… Ill go to a certain church if I like the pastor and the music.  But what is this?!  Its not right for me to choose to go to Church.  I really should find Joy in going, but I should also have to go as that is what God wants me to do.  I shouldn’t go if I am going to be critical of the message, or if I don’t like the music, or if they turn / leave the lights on.

For my buddy to say that he found a religion that suits him is like saying that he is more supreme than god in a sense.  Because God isn’t trying to fit our needs, he is trying to give us a gift.  But we take His gift minimally as a satisfactory way of living.

One of my buddy’s responses was that he had all of his questions answered.  And the next thing that hit me today about that statement was the fact that there are going to be things that we shouldn’t be able to answer.  If we were fully capable of answering everything, why would we need God?