What Is Having A Good Relationship With God?

The idea of religion and having a relationship with God is not always as attainable as most people would like. Religion is a commitment. Having a good relationship with God is a commitment. Religion and God are both huge commitments to take on and live with. They are commitments that teach one to be quick to love and slow to anger and to be present in all that one does. Julian of Norwich is someone who was fully committed to both practicing a religion and to a good relationship with her God. Julian showed her commitment to God by living in one room for the majority of her life. While she lived in the room, she prayed for the three wounds. Julian found clarity through an illness she prayed for. Julian’s revelations that followed her illness about

For years, Julian prayed feverishly for the three wounds, and finally she received one of the three wounds. Julian became exceedingly ill, and Julian’s community and Julian, herself, began to prepare for her death. In Grace M. Jantzen’s book Julian of Norwich: Mystic and Theologian, it says that Julian received the last rites of the Church, and afterwards her health condition increasingly worsened. Julian of Norwich: Mystic and Theologian also elaborates on how Julian’s experience paralleled Jesus’s experiences, in regard to the passion of Christ. Just as Jesus suffered for three days, so did Julian. Throughout her suffering she would pray that “not her will be done but thine be done,” which is also similar to Jesus. However unlike Jesus, in what appeared would be her final hours, a priest came and held a crucifix in her gaze, so she could gaze on the crucifix before she joined God. In those moments, Julian prayed to experience the passion of Christ. Shortly after, Julian started to see visions of Christ in three forms. Julian’s showings, though they may not be completely credible within the Church, shaped how Julian perceived God in her life. Julian said this about the