The Christian life is not about pleasing God the finger-shaker and judge. It is not about believing now or being good now for the sake of heaven later. It is about entering a relationship in the present that begins to change everything now. Spirituality is about this process: the opening of the heart to the God who is already here. Marcus J. Borg
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The Christian life is not about pleasing God the finger-shaker and judge. It is not about believing now or being good now for the sake of heaven later. It is about entering a relationship in the present that begins to change everything now. Spirituality is about this process: the opening of the heart to the God who is already here.

The beginning of this process can take place when you first trust Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. As you grow in faith, you learn that God loves you, too. You begin to see that He wants to be with you every day, no matter what you are going through.

And that means that He will be there for you when life gets tough, too.

Source: The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion To A More Authentic Contemporary Faith

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