Vision

I had this funny vision:

I was going back and forth, to and from church:

Sunday morning, Sunday evening, Wednesday night, meetings, ministries, etc.

Jesus was standing above, watching me go back and forth

like a person on the sidelines of a tennis match watching the ball go back and forth.

I wasn't talking with Him.

I was too busy.

At some point, I looked up at Him, and He said compassionately,

“Hey, Mark, I don't need all that.”

I think we should not let our religion become too much.

Our religion should be just enough to help us love people the way Jesus loves them,

and to keep us safe from the distractions and pitfalls of the world.

Our religion—the way we practice religion—should nourish the Love of Jesus in us.

If it goes beyond that, it is simply another distraction, like the religion of the Pharisees in Jesus' day.

Their religion blinded them to God Himself, standing in their midst!

Like me, going back and forth.