Crystals and Christ?

I went down a rabbit hole the other day and watched an interview with the world-renowned model, Gisele Bündchen (Tom Brady's ex.)  

She said when her kids ask her what their religion is, she tells them "love is your religion and nature is your temple." 

Oh brother.

She's got it wrong if their love "religion" means following questionable practices that exclude God, which seems to be the case.

Apparently, Bündchen and Brady are both Catholic and were married in a Catholic Church, but from what I read, she encouraged him to rely on "special" "healing and protection stones," to win his football games.  Add to that a necklace she had him wear, drops she had him take and mantras he had to say, and things start to go off the rails. (ncregister)

I know a lot of athletes have their superstitious practices, but what we need to be careful about is when we start to believe that these practices and objects contain actual power, like for winning, or healing, such as people believe about crystals.

God, who created all that is beautiful, cannot be replaced by objects.  He IS love incarnate! God IS the great healer--not a stone.

Crystals might look pretty, but they don't belong in our homes.

A nice crucifix, as a reminder of the One who gave up his body and blood for us, his actual human flesh, would be a much better choice.  

You can't rely on crystals AND Christ.  It just doesn't make sense.

Janet Cassidy
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