I'd thought about this one for a long time, having explored a few different religions as well as denominations within Christianity - each one claiming to have the 'right' way to find and worship God.
The answer (for me at least) came one day as I sat staring out of the window in a moment of
I saw a cherry tree in full blossom, the wind,quite strong was blowing the blossom from its branches. I'd seen that tree through every season - from bare branches, to buds, blossom, then the leaves going through the various colour changes until they fell and the tree returned to its bare state once more.
What was it about that tree?
Simply - through all the seasons, it was being what it was created to be - a tree.
That was the answer to true worship...
Maybe our best, truest worship is not about the things we do, or where we go, but about who we are. When we ourselves, like that tree, are being (or becoming?) who we are meant to be - who God intended us to be, then we're offering Him the very best of ourselves.
Religious practices, whatever shade, with their rules and rituals - might help us to discover who we really are, but they still aren't the be all and end all.
We are made in the image of the God who said 'I AM WHO I AM', may we continue being transformed into His image once more until at last we are who we are.
'Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.' Psalm 150
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