A Buddhist once said, "If you hold a lotus to a rock long enough, who knows, it might take root." The risk of "motions" is that some people will just go through them. But if the motions are good, we can hope that maybe one day the goodness will sink in deep enough to make a difference. I had studied Scripture and gone to Church for quite a while before it hit me that the forgiveness and love God has for sinners applied to me and my sins. THe logic was simple: God forgives sinners
I am a sinner.
God forgives me.
But somehow I had never 'applied' it.
So I had been going through the motions - and one day the engine caught ...
Yet again, I thoroughly agree with your post.
LUBB