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I have absolutely no idea of why this came up in my “spirit”, but it has been following me around for a couple of days.  There is this big conversation going on between myself and “Great Spirit”, where there seems to be a kind of annoyance vibrating in what I am feeling.  Every day when it comes up it seems another aspect is revealed that makes me want to find more truth about “Who He was in His “physical life” and who He is in His “spiritual life” today. 

Let me clarify that the relationship I have with Christ is personal and although I grew up in a Judeo-Christian home, with a father that was an ordained United Church of Christ-Congregational clergyman, I came into this personal relationship with Christ as a child on my own.  It is something that was embedded in my soul and is the most reverent and sacred part of who I am.  It is a very uncomplicated and communicative relationship on which I have lived my life through and with.  It has colored the fabric of how I see and live my life.  My words and my actions are in alignment with that relationship.  The love and care that I receive from that relationship cannot be described, only experienced in every challenge that I have faced in this lifetime.  Following His lead and consulting with Him has been the rock that grounds me.  I see how He can work with me and for me in my life.  I feel how He wants us to live a life of joy and abundance, but not at the expense of other people so at this time in our civilization, He is more than disturbed, (and you know He can get angry) He is fit to be tied of what He is witnessing in our humanity.  

What keeps coming through to me today is – “There is no Christianity without Christ, but there is Christ without Christianity”.  Christ did not establish a church; He ignited a way of life.  The church was built later, to manage, pressure, and control that movement.  It could not be more obvious that institutions preserve power, but movements preserve “Truth”.  A movement is not a religion.  In the beginning this movement was referred to as “The Way”.  The focus of the movement was a shared life that cared for the poor and the sick, was radical in expressing love and hospitality, believed in nonviolence, there was equality across class and gender and in fact women were central in the earliest Jesus movement as leaders, witnesses and were the host of house communities. They lived justice.  This movement embodied discipleship not doctrine. 

How do we get back to “The Way”?  How do we seek the truth of what Christ expectations are for us, so that we live the quality of life that embodies peace, love, grace, mercy, joy and compassion?  What is it that each of us have a “divined destiny to fulfill that will help in ushering in the world that Christ knows that “God”, “Great Spirit”, “The One Source”, intended us to inherit?  Be clear, I am not saying that we should not have “Houses of Worship”, but worship void of truth and the principles that Christ died for, is Christianity without “Christ”!

This new year, I will be studying and seeking more truth and knowledge about Christ, and what the desires of His heart are so if I am called to share, I will, and if it is only for my own spiritual evolution that will be His will. 

I have always loved that hymn that is the cornerstone of my faith-

“Where He leads me, I will follow,

Where He leads me, I will follow,

Where He leads me, I will follow,

I’ll go with Him, With Him, all the way!

I think this promises to be an amazing journey of discovery and understanding!