Between You and God

I wonder if we truly realize that it everything we do is just between us and God. It does not matter what people think of us, how they may decide to treat us, or if we are impressing anyone. Everything we do in this life is only between us and God. It does not matter if someone thinks you are selfish, or angry, or if you hurt their feelings because in the end the only that will matter is did you act and behave like your Creator.

None of us are permitted to insist on our own way in these matters. It's God we are answerable to—all the way from life to death and everything in between—not each other. That's why Jesus lived and died and then lived again: so that he could be our Master across the entire range of life and death, and free us from the petty tyrannies of each other.

Romans 14:6

I love that last line - to "free us from the petty tyrannies of each other." We all go about life worried about what someone is going to think of us. We are ruled by this thought. This thought controls our actions and our feelings. Life though is not about these things. Life is about God and living like our Creator in love, compassion, forgiveness, and selfless service. This is why Christ died! Mother Teresa put it like this:

People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.
What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.
Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.

Serve God today because it is only about our relationship to our Creator anyway!

Namaste'