God's Count
To be human means to do a lot of things which are absolutely superfluous, unnecessary for survival. To be a believer means to do a lot of things which exceed a norm. For example, the fast, although it is a reduction in weight of food is the increasing in behavior.
All unusual jests, rites, words which are intrinsically typical for religious behaviour, are unnecessary and can be eliminated. Nowadays they are really often eliminated even by sincere believers. ("Sincere" is the opposite to "true" in this context.)
The reason why superfluous is necessary lies in the one strange human quality. From time to time everyone had experienced in the shop problems with being paid back. May be some day credit cards will eliminate this problem totally, but here in Moscow I very often receive lesser money back that I was supposed to receive. The ladies at the cash register never make a mystake in the opposite direction: only lesser, never more.
God is a customer, and I always tend to give Him lesser. The only quick way to heal the situation is to give Him always more that I am sure I am obliged to. To pour into a lap a good measure--pressed down, shaken together, and running over.
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