Spiritual Girl

II didn't attend a church service today and to many who consider themselves religious, that was probably not a good use of my time. But for me, I find myself usually underwhelmed by many a church service. Not due to the message. But due to the confusion over what is merely tradition and what is Biblical. What is religion and what is spiritual. No where does it say Biblically, that I must attend church every Sunday, but let a person miss a Sunday, oh my! How about how many times per week, you must walk through the doors, is God taking attendance or judging? No, but, guess who is? I believe that we often place too many constraints and rules on religion! Rules that are no where in the Bible. Who are we to judge. The Bible is rather simple, but religion makes it so very complicated. Jesus walked with the common man and the thief on the cross went to heaven with Him, no classes, no complicated additional tasks. Now, I'm not saying there shouldn't be other options available. I am saying, the only requirement to get into heaven is to believe in Jesus and that he died for for your sins.Maybe I write this due to a great deal of personal experience this year with individuals whose walk didn't match their talk. Who was so busy trying to remove the speck out of my eye, that they missed the log in their own. While they quoted scripture to me, their own life was a complete hypocrisy. So, maybe this year has re-enforced my spiritual side and non-religious side. Spirituality has encompassed my personal relationship with God, while, religion encompasses someone elses rules and traditions about God. When I sit in any church pew, I'm not thinking about Baptist, Methodist, Catholic,etc. I'm thinking of God, and my relationship.