God is Not a Supernatural Santa


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I’ve come to a realization lately that has really rocked my world. Not only has it completely shifted my paradigm about life and relationships, but it has also exposed many false ideas I had been hanging onto throughout my life. It’s been one of those spiritual breakthroughs that is bittersweet. Bitter because I have lived most of my life under a false pretense which, for many years, brought some degree of underlying unhappiness. Sweet because I have made a shift in my beliefs that has brought me great deal of peace.  I realized that God is not a supernatural Santa. You see, for much of my life I ran around trying to escape being put on God's "Naughty List." I prayed, I read my scriptures, I went to church, and I checked off all the boxes of my supposed "Spiritual To-Do List" in a exhausting effort to avoid being the recipient of some kind of heavenly coal. But, alas (spoiler alert), none of this ever completely fulfilled me. As I...

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