| First Reading: Psalm: Gospel: | Acts 17:15, 22 - 18:1 Psalm 148:1-2, 11-14 John 16:12-15 |
Acts 17:24 The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in shrines made by man,
Religion and God is not something that we put in a shrine like a trophy. Unfortunately that is what religion and God is to many people and what it can become to us. It can be a trophy of our knowledge, our deeds, and our pride. Our religion and our concept of God becomes more about who we want people to think we are rather than who and what God really is.
God created everything. God is the creator of life. Other people's religion is a creation of their own agendas and pride, but God is the creator of everything. He can't be put in a shrine made by man.
Father, help me by your Holy Spirit to always remember that you created me and I didn't create you. Help me to know that you are the creator of life itself. Help me to know that I have life because of you and that all thanks and praise should rightly and only be given to you.
Amen
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