If one were to ask me why I believe in God today, I can refer to my relationship with Him and His relationship with me. My belief is the sum and extension of my experiences.
If one were to ask me when and why I began to believe in God, I couldn't tell you. For as far back as I can remember I have believed in God. I don't recall ever having doubted His existence.
I'm sure my Dad's belief in God had a lot to do with shaping my belief, as did the fact that his parents were active in the church. But I don't remember ever being forced to accept anything - although I didn't always like the whole "getting ready to go to church" routine. Quite frankly, God was and continues to be for me a matter of fact.
That being said, I realized at an early age that all questions didn't have answers. The questions illuminating this fact for me were, "Who are God's parents?/Where did God come from?", "What happened before the Bible?", and "Does our universe exist inside a marble?"
As a kid these questions have caused me to rack my brain in search of an answer. I haven't been successful as of yet, but I'm still trying. :)
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As one who grew up in a religious culture based upon the Bible, I learned to refer to God in the masculine gender. Interestingly enough, I innately knew that what I understood to be God didn't have a penis. God was a spirit (for lack of a better term) and as such was genderless (as far as my understanding of gender went).
This natural understanding led me to question the definition of masculine and feminine. In working through it I went through a phase which could be likened to chauvinism. This phase was embraced out of comfort more than anything else, as it gave me a headache to wrestle too long with the issue of God's essence.
Often, when I would attempt to address like issues, I would find comfort in the Biblical scripture that stated that man could not fully comprehend God.
As one who grew up in a religious culture based upon the Bible, I learned to refer to God in the masculine gender. Interestingly enough, I innately knew that what I understood to be God didn't have a penis. God was a spirit (for lack of a better term) and as such was genderless (as far as my understanding of gender went).
This natural understanding led me to question the definition of masculine and feminine. In working through it I went through a phase which could be likened to chauvinism. This phase was embraced out of comfort more than anything else, as it gave me a headache to wrestle too long with the issue of God's essence.
Often, when I would attempt to address like issues, I would find comfort in the Biblical scripture that stated that man could not fully comprehend God.
First seek ye the kingdom and his righteousness, and all theses things will be given to you as well (Mat 6:33) EVERY search starts with a QUESTION, and FAITH is manifest in the WORKS of your SEARCH!!! You will not be left to wallow in the abyss of unanswered query. GOD feeds those hungry to know all that IS GOD!!!
As one who grew up in a religious culture based upon the Bible, I learned to refer to God in the masculine gender. Interestingly enough, I innately knew that what I understood to be God didn't have a penis. God was a spirit (for lack of a better term) and as such was genderless (as far as my understanding of gender went).
This natural understanding led me to question the definition of masculine and feminine. In working through it I went through a phase which could be likened to chauvinism. This phase was embraced out of comfort more than anything else, as it gave me a headache to wrestle too long with the issue of God's essence.
Often, when I would attempt to address like issues, I would find comfort in the Biblical scripture that stated that man could not fully comprehend God.
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