Where Are You, God?

   Exploring different religions can be exhausting.  I keep learning more and more, but a part of me feels empty.  I long to find spiritual fulfillment through rituals like the ones I see others doing, but I have not yet found a home in any of the major world religions.  So I find myself watching others connecting with God from the outside, hoping that one day I can have practices that are sacred to me as well.  I know that I shouldn't have to wait until I fit neatly into an established religion to find God, but it seems so difficult at times.
   At any rate, it was these thoughts and feelings that led to me staying up later than I should have one night to create a "Connect to God" chart to provide a somewhat structured way(have I mentioned how much I love structure?!) to express my spirituality.

Your spiritual life need a boost, too?  Here's the deal:

1. Make a chart with ten pockets, come up with ten things you could do to connect with god, write them on  pieces of paper and place them in the pockets.  (Or, to save a lot of work, just write ten ways on index cards  and choose from the stack!)
2. Now put the chart on your wall, and with each project you complete, display it around the chart somehow. My first completed project was "Describe your current spirituality or faith.  What would symbolize it well?"  I placed my answer in an envelope with the star containing the instructions on top.  Other projects range from "Write a letter to God" to "Create a ritual and perform it."  Feel free to include pictures, drawings, journal entries, poems...anything at all in your display.  After all, it's a visual representation of your spirituality waking up and getting active.  

   I don't expect this chart to be my salvation by any means.  lol   But it is important for me to remember that I can find a way to live spiritually now and that I can have a spiritual identity whether or not I have claimed a religion as my own.

   What are some of your favorite ways of connecting with God?

"We are not human beings trying to be spiritual. We are spiritual beings trying to be human."  

-Jacquelyn Small