Would you guess that it costs more to raise a rich kid than a poor one? Children of wealthy families have trust funds from an early age, so there is money committed for their needs. Who is wealthier than me? So the children in the Kingdom of God are well-off. I will lavish upon you all that you need to grow and develop. Do you understand that the coin of the realm of heaven is grace rather than money? I will provide for your material needs, but do you understand your greater and ongoing need for grace? I’m prepared to spend whatever it takes, but I want you to be aware of the economy of heaven. 

Do you think spirituality is confined to churches? Those who first responded to me, at the beginning of the Bible, didn’t have a church, or a Bible for that matter. Do you believe that I created the world? Then every time you open your eyes you should see something that I made, and that is a spiritual experience. Do you furthermore see everyone you meet as created in my image, regardless of their beliefs? You should be able to see my fingerprints on everyone you meet, whether Christian, Muslim, Buddhist or other or none, and that too is a spiritual experience. Do you understand that this is not an argument against going to church?

Have you ever heard the expression ‘sour grapes’? Do you judge people on the actions of their children? Sour grapes is most commonly used to mean that the value of something unobtainable is not as great as was hoped, but it also refers to a proverb that I forbid to my people, that the sour grapes the fathers ate set the children’s teeth on edge. Haven’t you known good parents whose children made bad choices in spite of good training? A valid Biblical principle is that you not judge others. If you would not judge others for their own actions, how much less should you do so for the actions of someone else, even if it is their own children? 

Are you curious about how things work? Do you wonder about cause and effect? When presented with a new situation do you try to find an explanation for it? A given situation may have multiple plausible explanations, some of which are natural and some are supernatural. Do you assume that only one can be true? Do you prefer natural explanations if one is available? This reflects an anti-supernatural bias and there is nothing irrational in thinking that a given effect can be the result of a combination of causes. I created the natural world. I continue to be present and intervene in its operation.