Hi Frances,
You are on a good path. Wanting to experience 'God(life/whatever)'. Knowing that judgement is wrong, is right on the button. Also being open to change. Tree's 'are' family, and connecting to them is a good thing.
Through them , or with them, you hopefully will experience more of your 'relations', on the same meaningful level.
You will find that the most enlightened people, or masters, can embrace all people, and all spiritual masters, like Jesus, or Buddha, or many others. Just like you feeling the relief of being able to work with the trees, I hope that you someday have the relief of realization that the universe is about love, acceptance, and forgiveness. The higher spiritual masters that have walked or walk this earth, 'all' eminate that truth.
You can come to your own truth about Jesus. There is no hurry, or necessity to it. As long as you are good to people and make no judgements, you will be just fine. There are lots of wonderful spiritual resources to draw on. It sounds funny, seeing him as a leader of only the Christian right, or then, becoming a republican! Perhaps it wasn't him making these choices!
We need to be careful with religious discussions, and respect everyones beliefs. Its relation to the concept and utilization of the master's energy, is all the farther it should go. SFQ embraces all people, and all preferences regarding this aspect of spirituality, or religion. As Iam2 mentions too, it can be a living person you respect. It is , what you respect in that person, that connects you to a higher or greater energy.
love,
gallen
