IndigoChild5559
Loving God and my neighbor as myself.
Sometimes people form a very narrow view of God. Perhaps they think of the God of Abraham as an angry vengeful God. Perhaps they see God as a old man with a beard who grants wishes the way Santa gives presents. Perhaps they see God as nothing but a giver of endless rules that bring them no joy in life. And then, they reject this God, because it is awful, or childish.
I say to them, your God is too small.
Be open. Seek God. Experience Him whatever way he comes to you, whether it is through sacred texts or the beauty of a sunset. God is infinitely bigger than our finite minds can comprehend. He can't be boxed in by any of our preconceptions. He is not worried by our questions, nor do they anger Him. He cares about us just the way we are, and calls us to something higher. Some people experience God as an intelligent being (I do). Others experience Him as the source underlying all existence. It's just turning the apple around and seeing things from a different direction.
I cannot think of any other pursuit so worthy as the seeking of God. He is the origin of everything else that is good and true and beautiful. Such an important question as the existence of God at least deserves our sustained and heartfelt search.
Don't you agree?
I say to them, your God is too small.
Be open. Seek God. Experience Him whatever way he comes to you, whether it is through sacred texts or the beauty of a sunset. God is infinitely bigger than our finite minds can comprehend. He can't be boxed in by any of our preconceptions. He is not worried by our questions, nor do they anger Him. He cares about us just the way we are, and calls us to something higher. Some people experience God as an intelligent being (I do). Others experience Him as the source underlying all existence. It's just turning the apple around and seeing things from a different direction.
I cannot think of any other pursuit so worthy as the seeking of God. He is the origin of everything else that is good and true and beautiful. Such an important question as the existence of God at least deserves our sustained and heartfelt search.
Don't you agree?