Why do we put God in a box? Why do we try to limit One who is limitless? Until today, I referred to God as Him. I was driving (where I do most of my thinking) and I thought, Hmm, God is neither male nor female. Or is God both? I came to the conclusion that God just IS. If we were created in the image of God, then God is male and female. God is every color. Why? Because God is a spirit. No form. God is so big. God defies definition. God is you. God is me.
So many people want to use God as a weapon, killing people with judgement in the name of the Most High. If we serve a God of love, then how can this behavior be justified? Whatever stand you take on abortion or homosexuality, infidelity or divorce, is yours and yours alone. No one is qualified to stand in judgement of any other person. No one.
I cannot understand why people who believe in God would rather hate and judge than share and love. God is such a force that we could never begin to understand it. God’s very existence produces life. How can we try to contain that force? Imagine the most powerful force on Earth. Now multiply that by infinity. Our finite minds truly cannot even imagine infinity. Not while we reside in these very limited, though perfect (because we are created by God) bodies.
That is why I cannot picture heaven as angels, wings, halos and pearly gates. God is so much bigger than that. I said in an earlier blog that if God created Earth with all it’s magnificence and placed us here to live, why would heaven (or eternity, as I like to refer to it) be different. I would love to spend eternity in a place like Earth, but perfect. Honestly, I cannot fathom eternity. I believe that each one of us is so unique that our eternity matches who we are. Who God created us to be.
I have an idea. Let’s each ask God how we should be living our lives. Our life plans truly don’t matter if we leave God out of the equation. God sees the entire picture, beginning to end. We have the awesome gift of free will, but if we don’t know what to do with it, what is the point? We raise our children to be good people, to contribute positively to society, but we also give them the freedom to make the choices that will lead to what we hope will be successful lives. So if we, as finite creatures can love and lead and guide our children, how much more can an infinite Being do the same and more for us?
Take a step back. Take God out of your box. Live.
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