Creatures of Habit

    We are all creatures of habit, some more than others.  I know I am.  I learn one route to drive somewhere and never bother to learn an alternate unless something forces me to, such as road construction on my regular route.  I eat meals at about the same time every day.  I get up and go to bed at nearly the same time every day. 
     Four new supermarkets have opened in my town in the last three years.  I've never shopped in any of them.  I go to the one I've gone to for about fifteen years out of habit.  I might fine a better selection, better prices, or both at one of the new supermarkets, but I haven't bothered.  All out of habit.  
    Those habits are not really harmful or beneficial.  I consider those neutral habits.  Habits can be beneficial or harmful as well.  
    An example of a beneficial habit would be one of buckling your seat belt.  It took me a while to get used to that one, but now I automatically buckle up whenever I get into the car.  The benefits of some habits are not always obvious.  Sometimes they benefit us just by making life easier, with fewer decisions to make.
    On the other hand, habits can be harmful.  A habit of giving the finger to drivers who offend you may get you shot or run off the road.  Religion is another area where habits can be harmful.  A great number of people attend a particular church, or follow a particular faith, because their parents and grand parents did so before them.  It never dawns on them to investigate other churches.  To find out what the differences are and decide if the church they belong to is one they really believe in, or if they simply attend and support it out of habit. 
    So I challenge everyone who reads this, if you have always belonged to the same church, or at least the same faith, attend, or at least read about another church or faith.  Preferable, check out several.  Of course, I hope one of those you investigate will be the International Community of Christ, which is really a universal church despite the name.

 

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