"You're on top of the World, looking down on creation and the only explanation I can find is the Love that I've found ever since you've been around You're Love's put me at the Top of the World!"

Remember that old Carpenter's song(for those of us who KNOW who they Carpenters are)???

I literally woke up this morning singing that song.  And I can safely say to you the reason I was signing that song was NOT because I'm head over heals in love.  In other words I wasn't singing about a man.

Well, actually I was singing about a man but it wasn't a human man....it was ...... THE MAN.

I'm a Spiritual person....I'm NOT a Religious person.   

Let me explain what I feel the difference is:   

I'm not about to spark an all out heated debate on Religion...that's not my intent.  I respect ALL faiths and denominations.  I may not understand your faith and will ask you to explain it to me.  I support your right to choose to Worship or not to Worship.  I'm just writing what I've been inspired to.

A Religious person is devout in their faith.  They go to Church all day on Sundays.  The Religious attend Church everday; prays; goes to Bible Study; reads the Bible for hours; and more than likely tithes.  My MeMaw and Aunt Inez were Religious  people.

Spiritual people believe and are also devout in their faith.  Where the difference I see is that they don't feel they have to attend Church and do all of the outwardly "showy" things to prove that they are strong in their beliefs.  My Dad was a Spiritual person....He was a C & E man...(Christmas and Easter services only).... but he taught me more about God than my Minister ever did.  I am a Spiritual person.

I believe you can be both AND you can be one without the other.

Being reared by a Southern Baptist Father and an Episcopalian Mother, we attended a Presbyterian Church.  We lived in a Catholic neighborhood.  

When I was in my twenties, I had a Crisis of Faith and went on a Spiritual trek.  After studying various faiths, I finally felt at home in the Catholic Church and I converted. But during my trek, I found a common thread among all of the denominations and religions I studied.....  they ALL believed in a Supreme Being and that when we prayed for one another and ourselves, we came closer to HIM.

During the past few weeks, I've been focusing on myself and what I needed to do to shake the cobwebs loose and really get in touch with my Spirituality.  I've asked the ones I feel connected to to pray for me as I pray for them. The result was a re-awakening and it just happended to be today. You see, you don't have to go it alone. Just as those Footprints are in the Sand, so are your Friends walking this Path in Life with you...and for me, I've got some really GREAT friends walking beside me on my journey.

So...I'm on top of the World, looking down on creation and the only explanation I can find........is the Love that I've found ever since YOU'VE been around.  YOUR Love's put me at the Top of the World!!!!!!

Enjoy your day!!!!  Cheryl