Religion, Faith and Homer Simpson :)

The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ. Nobody has ever done what He did, how can one not believe in Him? The beauty of His Passion is love itself, love, sacrifice and hope, hope that we can live a new life again, we can start over knowing that we are given the chance to REPENT and that we can be FORGIVEN.

The miracle and the beauty that is Jesus Christ have overshadowed all doubts in our hearts, has given light to every darkness and has removed and destroyed all evil.

He doesn't want us to argue, he doesn't want us to fight, he wants us to love, plain and simple. With love, when pure, nothing wrong comes out of it.

Isn't it funny how religions, including the Christian sectors, fight for power and domination, to the point of engaging in senseless arguments, fighting and stepping on other beliefs, trying to prove them wrong, making them feel ridiculous, when all the believers of Christ, the TRUE believers of Christ in their HEARTS, REMAIN QUIET. Because we choose not to offend, we choose not to cause any chaos, we choose to live in PEACE with others, even those different from us, from what we believe in, because this is what JESUS has truly taught us. We don't have to prove anything.

He never taught us to hate, he never taught us to discriminate, he never taught us to engage in WAR.

But instead, he wants us to be upholders of peace, to be agents of love, to be instruments of hope for others. We do not need to debate, we do not need to argue, we do not need to dive into and live by the rules of the scriptures, all we need is what's in our hearts, our faith, our spirit. Being blessed and nurtured by the core of what he taught us, that is LOVE, purity in SPIRIT, TRUE REPENTANCE and FORGIVENESS.

Throughout His life, Jesus showed that His love knows no boundaries. He dined with sinners, He did not follow any religious norm, He was a JEW, but He did not follow its religiosity, He has forgiven prostitutes, healed the sick and even healed the leppers who were considered outcasts. 

His life is the epitome of our FAITH.

I don't say I have the best religion, because I don't. I actually don't practice my religion RELIGIOUSLY. But I have the best FAITH, and I practice my faith FAITHFULLY. Religion and Faith are different all together, Religion is an institution but FAITH is INHERENT. 

I am not a Proud Catholic, but I am a PROUD BELIEVER OF JESUS CHRIST.

We cannot be taught on what to believe in. Faith is not imposed, it comes from within, an unexplainable source deep inside of you that nobody can take away, nobody can teach you. It just grows inside and is nurtured through the years.

We are so busy using our brains, our minds to analyze, theorize and explain the things we often question, but the thing is, with Jesus Christ, the heart is the most important. You may be the most intelligent person in the world, but without a clean heart and spirit, you are still nothing. 

Wisdom is not merely intelligence, but the compassion behind the intelligence. You need to use your heart with your mind so you can truly be wise.

I know they often say that one should always use his mind more than his heart to get the best out of everything. That emotions are unstable and volatile, it could destroy you if you are not careful.

I say not. The heart is so powerful because at the end of the day, what you truly feel, what you truly desire will be revealed no matter how much you stop it.

It is with the help of the mind that we distinguish the bad emotions from the good ones, I have always believed that if you follow your heart, it will never go wrong.

That's what Jesus taught us, though his teachings are simple in nature, but it is also very difficult to do.

In our present time, GREED, VANITY and DECEPTION are overpowering and it is hard to act purely without being deceived or fooled by others. No matter how deep our kindness, you cannot control the evil choices of others. We are lost in a world of mischief that it makes everything difficult for us, it makes it difficult to TRUST, to LOVE and to remove thoughts of retaliation when someone hurts us.

God has given us the greatest gift of all, FREE WILL. Sometimes our choices are not the right choices and we end up hurting others, and those people end up hurting others as a reprimand of what they felt, it's a vicious cycle.

What we don't realize is that Jesus has taught us how to stop all these, through repentance and forgiveness. It's simple but it has been very challenging for us.

Love, mercy and compassion are lost in translations. Each of us have a different defintion, each of us have a different point of view that it has been difficult to focus on the simplicity of it.

Who would expect that this moment of epiphany was caused by HOMER SIMPSON. He said in the episode The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed, 

"When you get down to it, aren't all religions the same? They tell you what to eat, when to pray, how this imperfect clay that we call Man can mold itself to resemble the divine. But we can never attain that ultimate grace while there is HATRED in our HEARTS for each other."

What he said was very profound and moving. The Simpson's has always been reverred as a classic adult cartoon, but what makes it different from the rest is its ability to combine jokes, while still showing positive messages. Homer is an example of what people really are like these days, but for me, no matter how much a jerk he has become, he always manages to show compassion in the end. Which makes me think that he's still a good person, he just makes bad choices, but there's still a chance for him to change.

Before we undergo detoxification of our bodies, maybe we should start with the detoxification of our minds, annihilation of our vanity and the purification of our spirit, so we can focus, focus on NOT THINKING. Instead, we focus on LOVE entirely. That's when you will truly live. TRUST ME. :)

This is me not bashing what you believe in, this is me not challenging your religion, this is me not trying to convert you, this is me not forcing you into believing me, this is me not discriminating you. But this is me speaking from my heart about what my FAITH has given me and how much believing in Jesus Christ has changed my life. And coming from a girl like me, with these kind of "Gift/curse" I know in my heart what I am talking about.

For many are so lost without the Light. 

Via, Veritas, Vita.