Some things in life, we treat as sacred: relationships, spirit, the earth, our work.

We are bewildered when other people treat them irreverently. Deep down we know the truth of the matter, that we must treat our earth with respect, otherwise it will be destroyed.

Yet nothing in this material world is permanent, although the trust, creativity, and beauty of our relationships, the earth, and our work is.

This helps me when I flop back and forth believing the Bible is sacred, or not. I read in 21^st Century Science and Health, “The Scriptures are sacred. Our aim must be to have them understood spiritually, for only by this understanding can truth be gained.”

I can expand on this verse and remind myself that my relationships are sacred as I understand them spiritually. Spirit is sacred as I understand it internally. My work is sacred as I comprehend it spiritually. And, the Bible can be sacred as I understand it in the form of ideas.