Morning thoughts

There are clear standards laid out in the Bible, healthy and moral for anyone of any belief to follow (thus the use of those principles by our founding fathers, a few, but not all, of whom were followers of Jesus). But to truly understand the nature of the Creator, one must realize that there is more to life than following laws and judging other people.

In fact, life has very little to do with either of those two activities.

In reality, the absolute baseline of what life should be is simply this: reflect to all humanity the character exhibited by Jesus Christ's example while he was here on Earth. If every single person truly did desire to do this, all evil would disappear. Sadly, we are fallen still and will never reach this point until judgement day, where all hearts will be revealed, judged, and the world as we know it will be finished.

Then will the bodies of those who believe AND obey (or exhibit faith in God) be transformed. As our souls may now be transformed, also into His image will our bodies be changed and evil will be no more. For nowhere then will there be an absence of YHWH, the Creator in whom is all Life.

There is always a choice, but it is a simple one. It is made every single day. One may either serve the Creator, God, the Father, sustainer of all things and life itself, or one may choose to serve his or herself. If this choice of service is not actively made, daily to serve God, then one IS serving ONLY one's self and his or her life is absolutely worthless.

[Edit]
Having had my dad read through this, he pointed out to me a very important point. We may wish all we like to reflect the character of Jesus, and we may even manage to successfully exhibit a good, moral and ethical life. But without the empowering of the Holy Spirit and the indwelling Life of Jesus, our attempts, no matter how benevolent or "good," will fail.