The other day we took a walk to a couple temples in the town we were staying in. The first one was up on a hill and I felt really hesitant to even go up there. And the closer I got to the temple the more freaked out I felt. There was definitely a dark spiritual heaviness that we all felt. It’s crazy how in America we can see a Buddha and think ‘oh how cute’ or read astrology or buy something that has a goddess of something on it and not think anything of it. But to be here and feel the heaviness that surrounds it and learn the ties it creates in the spiritual realm make me take it so much more seriously. The temple was a brick room with a big plaster face painted to resemble what looked like a scary looking clown. They really do animal and human sacrifices at these temples we were at and there was such an eerie feeling there and I felt disgusting for the rest of the day. Of course I’m excited to get out there and kick the devil in the face, it was just so eerie. But my team reminded me that we have to count on the Holy Spirit to be our guide in every situation and that God is in us and we have authority in Him.
Although I was totally freaked out and couldn’t wait to get away from there, it also made me sad for the people that worship these false gods. These people believe when they get sick it’s because the god is mad at them. It made me sad that they worship something that will never love them back, that they pray to something that can’t hear them, that they are putting their hope in a brick wall. They think these man made plaster boxes with colorful paint holds a god in them, but they’ve never experienced God’s unfailing love. How cool is it that God made us and He made our bodies His temples?! We never have to feel afraid or alone because God is actually in us, not in a box that some guy made.
Lately I’ve really been focusing on God and how He is so much bigger than the box I sometimes put Him in, and just focusing on Him and not myself is getting me places a lot faster than when I try to do anything on my own. He isn’t just the Creator of the universe but He’s my Heavenly Father and He wants a close relationship with me.
