Wednesday, April 15, 2015

GOD. FAITH. HESITATION.

The subject of God is so big it can seem inauthentic.

Is He real?  Can we know Him?  Where would we find Him?  Is this topic merely man's distorted way of pretending there is a next life?  Is belief really more of a hope-so call from our own frailty which is presently wrapped in eventual death?

More than anything I could obtain on earth (wealth, fame, prestige), I would wish foremost that every person would believe that God is real and that He is crazy about us!

Why is this so challenging?  I speak with extreme sympathy to any who question His existence.  I have gone through my fair share of skepticism.  Faith is not a Sunday morning breeze for the weak.  No, it takes inner strength to seek the truth of the Divine.

Laziness and indifference are the mouse traps of man's spirit.

Why the hesitation to examining the reality of God through research?  Possibly this might contain a twinge of embarrassment.  We may not want others to know that we are beginning to think about God. Too, our past may haunt us as well as raise eyebrows of our colleagues.  Or, we may simply not know how to approach this concept as we have no clue as to church protocol if we were to gain interest.

Another reason that the idea of a true God is easily dismissed is because those who are not a part of the spirit system find inclination to excuse themselves due to the faulty behavior of those in the churches.  Granted, we in the church have displayed a barrage of attitudes foreign to the Son of God.

However, it is for this reason that we are a part of a church.  We cannot obtain eternal life through our self-righteousness.  Either Jesus makes us right--by his dying on the cross for our sins--or we won't ever be right with God.

Every person has both opportunity and responsibility to decide for himself/herself whether to yield one's life to the Son of God.  Personally, I had no idea it could be so adventurous and exciting!  Following God is not for sissies.  I never knew that, either.

I want to be a voice in your world that says that regardless of obstacles in your path which might block you from learning about God...seriously...you can overcome every one of them.  For now?  Just pray that God would help you with this....and He will.




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