An interesting article on an internet website relayed 12 millennial’s opinions of their belief in spirituality but not religion. A lot of them referred to religion as negatively confining but spirituality as positively personal and loving. I can see truth in many of their opinions because most religions do divide instead of bring together. Many millenials believe in a higher power, the universe, or a spiritual force but they don’t refer to it as God because to them God is religious, condemning and unloving.

To me, a person’s opinion is most important and I listen to them and how they feel and try to understand over saying they’re wrong and I’m right and being blinded by my religious beliefs. I know what my beliefs are but am open to hearing and understanding other points of view; that doesn’t mean I’m a pushover but that to me people are most important.

What I believe is that we live in an imperfect world full of imperfect people and that believing in a perfect God and obeying His perfect laws brings peace. I believe that God is my Heavenly Father and that He wants me to learn and grow and become my full potential and that He gave me freedom to choose for myself instead of forcing me, and He does this because of love. Living in an imperfect world lets me choose because everything has its opposite. Even unsavory experiences and people’s less-than-perfect behavior let me choose my reactions because life is about making choices. (Those choices determine whether I grow into my higher self or stay the same of who I am naturally.)

It’s my estimation that something else (perhaps global warming) will be blamed for calamities in the world, not God revealing His power. I say God and believe in Him but life clearly shows the refusal to give God credit.

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