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New Paths

Spirituality can be at the core of a healthy life, and yet we often neglect that aspect of ourselves because it seems so difficult and everyone has a difference of opinion about it. The definition in Webster’s dictionary for “spiritual” is, “of relating to, consisting of, or affecting the spirit; sacred matters; related or joined in spirit; relating to supernatural beings.” We were created to have a need for spiritual things. If you feel a void, then it is time to make a change from the inside out.

If the path you are currently on doesn’t offer you peace, meaning, and purpose, then change paths! Investigate new experiences. Here are a few paths for you to try for this new year:

1. Get a new version of the Bible. It will give you a new perspective. When you read the same words year-after-year, you do not hear them any more. Write in your Bible (you are not being sacrilegious). Or, if you want to “really” stretch yourself, look up words in a verse you love in Strong’s Concordance, then, research the Hebrew or Greek definition from the Strong’s number (that will blow your mind).

2. Meditation is another way to grow spiritually. Meditation is NOT a bad thing. If you do not believe me… read all the verses in the Bible that have meditate or meditation in them. Meditation is one of the keys to hearing God and having a greater spiritual understanding.

3. Prayer is active communication with God. What is your prayer life like? Formal and stuffy? Begging and pleading? Or… is it living, active and pleasing to God?

4. Step out of your comfort zone. Don’t ever let organized religion take the place of a relationship with God. How do you know if you are? Is church the only time you pray, meditate, read your Bible, or spend quality time with God? If you answered ‘yes’ then, you are in the comfortable religion recliner. Be careful, the religious were the only ones Jesus Christ condemned.

There are many more things that you could do to grow spiritually this year. Challenge yourself. Try something that seems difficult that will stretch you. Push yourself to deliver more than what is expected.

Pushing… Kathy