Relationship or Religion?

A friend of mine once told me that I was religious.  I had to correct him.  I don’t like the thought of being religious.  Anyone can be religious, but it takes work to have a relationship with Christ.  You have to work at a relationship: you have to spend time with, cultivate and learn the person with whom you are trying to have the relationship with. 

I spend a good portion of my life being religious.  Doing the things I’m supposed to do, just because I’m supposed to do it.  I went to church, I played the “good girl” didn’t do anything I was not supposed to do.  But to know Him in a personal way, that is when I stopped searching.  To know Him personally is to be content.  I no longer have to search for something to fill the void.  He is everything to me.  I don’t have to look in drugs, alcohol and other material possessions, because God is everything I need.  When I’m at that place, I can be content with my church, my work, my ministry.  I am learning a lot about myself through our relationship and I’m learning alot about the character of God. 

I love contentment.  You should try this relationship thing!