I’m convinced life is simple. We’re the ones who make it complex. At its core, life can be summed up in one word: relationship.
It’s what we crave. It’s what we seek. Yet we often get it wrong. Why?
Understanding Our True Origin
The answer goes back to our origin, though not in the way you might think. I’m not talking about the beginning of time or even the day you were born.
Our true origin can be traced to a specific moment when something happened that set our current path in motion. Something occurred, and we made a choice in response. That choice opened doors and became the foundation of our story. This origin point determines how we forge relationships with others today.
For me, that origin point came in June 2017 when I started my MindWolves website and began writing every Sunday morning. It was a simple choice, but one that would reshape everything. Today, I’ve reached a milestone of 50,000 views by methodically showing up every single Sunday. I’ve never missed a week. What began as a discipline has become truly therapeutic for my mind, heart, and soul. Through this practice, I’ve found my voice and my purpose. This one habit has spawned other healthy habits that have brought me closer to God and others, enabling me to truly live out Mark 12:30-31, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”
For some, their origin story has led to good, healthy, meaningful connections. For others, however, our origin story has yielded relationships that are empty, unhealthy, or even harmful. This explains why so many people feel like they’re wandering through life without direction.
Here’s the good news: our origin story does not equal our destiny. We can change it. We can make a different choice, one informed by self-awareness, which is the key ingredient missing from our original decision. It’s this self-awareness that keeps us wanting more out of life and our relationships.
As Thomas Maston, a 17th-century minister, wisely observed: “I observe that truth is usually slandered out of ignorance. In the apostles’ days, the doctrine of the cross was thought to be foolish by those who knew least about it. Later, the Christian religion was condemned without having been heard. It is the devil’s cunning to keep us at a distance from truth, and burden it with prejudices, so that we may suspect rather than search, and condemn out of ignorance what upon knowledge we can only love. It is a vain thing to begin with emotions, and to hate before we know.”
His words ring true across the centuries. Ignoring the facts will never change the facts, but it will change how those facts impact your life. You can ignore the truth, but that doesn’t make it untrue. The question is: are you willing to search rather than suspect, to know rather than condemn?
If you find yourself at this crossroads, seeking something more, then you need to discover for yourself the one relationship from which all others flow. Get this one right, and all your other relationships will benefit. You’ll begin to live with genuine passion and purpose.
So with whom is this one relationship? God.
Whether you believe it or not, until your spirit aligns with God’s, your other relationships will remain off-kilter. When your spirit becomes interwoven with God’s spirit, it will bear the fruitful qualities needed to form meaningful relationships with others. Only then will that deep thirst you have for connection finally be quenched.
Taking the First Step
If you want to discover a relationship with God, start simply: spend time with Him. Talk with Him. Set aside 5-10 minutes in the morning and evening, not as a religious ritual, but as a conversation. Don’t worry about what you say or how to say it. Have an open, honest dialogue. There’s no need to sugarcoat anything. God can handle whatever you have to say. Like any good father, He deeply cares about your well-being, loves you, and wants the best for you.
This isn’t about religion, it’s about relationship. Forget what you’ve been taught by religious systems if they’ve become barriers rather than bridges.
This is about being made right with God first. Only then can you be made right with others. Only then will you know true joy and purpose.
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