What we believe matters

I recently read an article entitled, "What we believe matters."

While I agree that what we believe matters, I think that we need to be honest enough to admit that we don't know near as much as we think we do.  I can take a scripture and argue one point, and you can argue the other.  We just don't know as much as we once thought.

What color is Jesus skin?
Does Jesus have skin?
Where is heaven?
Is it really our job to point out who is good and who is not?
Is there really just one way to baptize a person?
Is it our job to make others believe what we believe?

I think that we know much less than we think we do.

Someone once said, it is not what you believe that counts, but what you believe enough to do.

The greatest commandment is not about believing, it is about loving.  Love God, love others.  If we focus on that, we know within the deepest parts of our souls, that we are living God's life.

Believe, sure.  But love, for sure.  Love first.  May our focus be on loving God and loving others.  We cannot lose that trajectory in life.  Loving isn't just the first thing, it is the only thing.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.