Be A Child of God 

   “You were made in the image of God.  Act accordingly!” (Matthew Kelly, “Holy Moments”) 

   The laziness of many Christians, the unwillingness of some priests to warn their flock of the price of their sins is becoming tiresome.  It’s far past time that we all began to recognize that we are the children of God, and we need to behave as children should behave, in obedience, especially to our Heavenly Father.

   The bickering about how the Church should conform to the whims and desires of society is heresy.  There is only One to whom the Church and all within should conform and that is God.  Not the politicians, not the so-called sociologists and psychologists, but God and Him alone.

   No one is entering God’s heavenly kingdom by floundering about in the sins and evil of a depraved society.  There is no president, senator, representative or governor who holds the keys to the kingdom.  We must understand that most people are concerned with their own desires and success.  Accordingly, they will tell any lie, and make any promise if it is to their advantage.

   As a child looks to their parents for direction, we need to look to God to direct our lives.  Of course parents are human and make mistakes, some that may harm their children in many ways.  God’s direction, on the other hand, is and always will be what is best for the child.  He desires only what is best for His children.

   Anyone who considers themselves Christian needs to be on guard for all those who would tell us they have a better way, a surer way to happiness.  There is only one path to happiness, there is only one better way.  Jesus told us the way and it is up to us to follow it, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14: 6)