some core beliefs

I want to discuss briefly my personal philosophy on the values and different beliefs that I hold true to myself. I'm a member of LLU SDA Church in Loma Linda and my entire life I've grown up in an SDA environment, both at home and school. I am a strong believer in my religion but there are a few beliefs that I have that are different from what most hold. I think that 75% of my involvement in SDAism has to deal with my belief that we are saved by God's grace and that no matter how much works we do we will always fall short of being perfect. I know that no matter how many good things, community outreach, and just hands on religious things I do it won't strengthen my belief in God and what He has done for us. Don't get me wrong, I mean doing those things are wonderful and are necessary in being an active church member, but I do not take them as seriously as my belief in God's grace. God's grace deals with the fact that no matter how short we fall of being perfect we are saved because of our belief in what God and Jesus have done for us and that God has mercy on us and will always forgive us of our sins. If we ask. That doesn't mean I'm going to go around doing evil things and just because I believe in grace I won't feel a thing. I try to be a good person because joy spreads joy and it makes the world that much less harsh. So getting down to my fundamental beliefs it goes something like this. I'm not technical in what I believe in. I just try to make other people happy and feel welcomed and to be honest (to me) thats all that matters. I don't care about peoples religious, sexual, political, or any kind of affiliations, I just want everyone to feel loved because God is love and it's the most powerful thing there is. You could compare my beliefs in a way to Rastafarism, in the fact that love is all that matters and we need a world with more love. I just don't believe like Rastafaris that specific people are messiah's and live forever. But I do agree with them that Jah is all powerful, all knowing, all places, and all love. So even though I don't focus on works like I do on grace. My fundamental beliefs help promote good works naturally.