Still at Pine Cove: Here's something to keep the thought's provoked...

"From one religious camp, we're told that what God wants is obedience, or sacrifice, or adherence to the right doctrines, or morality. Those are the answers offered by conservative churches. The more theraputic churces suggest that no, God is after our contentment, or happiness, or self-actualization, or something else along those lines. He is concerned about all these things, of course, but they are not His primary concern. What He is after is us--our laughter, our dreams, our fears, our heart of hearts."

--Brent Curtis and John Eldredge in "Sacred Romance."

All too often, people are turned off by misconceptions of God. I wish more people would seek God instead of reject God based on what they've seen others do or leave undone.