Map For Living

Maturity means that we know how to live as adults. Some of us need a map for living. We do not know how to move from birth to adulthood without doing a lot of silly, destructive, useless, hurtful things. Religion ought to give us a map. Does it? Well, if the religion is all about sin, guilt and rules, I doubt that we will have much of a useful map.

Think of getting into a car to go someplace. Suddenly, you are focused on all the possible things that could go wrong, or that you might do wrong while driving. "I might go through a red light, and get a ticket." "Someone might hit my car." "The car might break down on the highway." So you decide to not go anywhere in order to avoid all this possible calamity. It seems silly right? But if religion is so full of sin, guilt, and rules, we are focused on all that could go wrong if we do anything. A good map is to take us from where we are to someplace else.