Like most people who cook, I have a favorite recipe. Mine is for a scrumptious banana cake. Handed down from my mother, it's a no-fail recipe--that is, if you follow the directions exactly. I've shared it with friends, and most of them have had good results. One or two, however, said the recipe was no good. Later I discovered they had omitted some ingredients and substituted others.
The Oracles gave us the recipe for effective Pagan living. The two main ingredients the Gods provide are Their divine power and Their promises. As we thoroughly blend Their power and promises into our believing and living, we'll be more like Them that made us.
Then the Oracles listed the ingredients we must add to our faith: virtue, knowledge, self-control, perseverance, brotherly kindness, and love. If we include each of these, we'll not be unfruitful, nor will we stumble in our walk with the Gods. Anyone who omits these vital ingredients is shortsighted, even blind, and has forgotten that They give us these things as gifts to share.
Don't change the ingredients and then blame Them when things go wrong. Instead, follow Their instructions diligently. Their recipe brings spiritual success.
By: Joseph Ateemo
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