Did you realize that morality and spirituality are different? I just learned the difference in an old book I picked up at The Salvation Army: Questions Non-Christians Ask by Barry Wood.
Morality means right relations with your fellow man. Morals refers to ethics on a man-to-man, person-to-person level. Morals denotes our horizontal relationships.
Spirituality means right relations with God. Being a spiritual man involves a daily walk with God. It's a vertical relationship -- man to God and God to man.
Morality is not spirituality. Just because someone has good morals, does not mean they are spiritual. Just because you are on the in's with people, doesn't mean your on the in's with God.
However, every spiritual man will be a moral man. The story of Nicodemus in the book of John illustrates a moral person who was not right with God. A good example of someone who is spiritual and moral, is the story of Jesus of Nazareth.
Have a moral day, I mean, spiritual day!
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