| Do we really trust in God? It's on our money, as an | | | | of destiny? |
| under-current of our politics, social structures, | | | | In spite of all the gurus and so-called experts in any |
| educational systems, religiousbeliefs, etc. For all | | | | field, all we can do is guess. If enough people believe |
| intents and purposes, America is a Christian nation. | | | | in someone's guess, wellthen it becomes a fact and is |
| We're a mixed bag but, basically, we are Christian in | | | | written in the books as a fact. But nothing is written |
| belief. But do we really trust in God? | | | | in stone. How many "facts" have since been |
| I only recently began to understand what that | | | | disproved? Of course, there are guesses that have |
| means. It's not | | | | been so well-researched that it's almost a given but, |
| "Praise-the-Lord-and-pass-the-ammunition," though | | | | in the end, they're still guesses. |
| there is action involved. | | | | My best guess is that everything that exists, including |
| We're not puppets waiting for God to pull our strings. | | | | you and me, is God. It created everything out of |
| We do have to follow through. | | | | Itself via the Big Bang, and It involved Itself in every |
| In my journals, I used to write about how weare | | | | particle so that everything could participate in this |
| hands of God, and that still fits. We are physical | | | | great partywe call Life. But if we all knew that, |
| hands of a spiritual God in a physical universe, created | | | | where would be the fun? We would just go from |
| and designed to act. Sure, God could act by Itself | | | | point A to point Z, without messing about with B and |
| but where's the fun in that? | | | | C and D. So Life had to forget it was God. Butthere |
| Why would It create this wondrous universe only to | | | | is a seed of memory implanted in each of us, maybe |
| create these beings that It moves around likechess | | | | in our DNA, that, when detected, is such an ecstatic |
| pieces? No, there has to be more. . . | | | | experience, we want more. Andso begins our |
| On the flip side, Christianity and so many others say | | | | journey to Godhood. |
| we have free will and the ability to choose our own | | | | But what's all of this got to do with trusting in God? |
| path. Now, if you were God and you had created this | | | | And how do you trust? Given that we can only |
| magnificent universe and all of its' wonders and | | | | guess what's true and real, on an individual basis, you |
| everything working like the finest time-piece, would | | | | need to ask what you believe. Not what someone |
| you plop a being into all of that and basically say do | | | | else tells you to believe. That's only their guess, or |
| whatever you want? I don't think so. Again, there | | | | one thatthey have inherited. But what do you |
| has to be more. . . | | | | believe? |
| I know there a lot of folks out there in the world | | | | Whatever it is that you believe, truly |
| that absolutely hate the idea of destiny. It implies | | | | believe,becomes true for you. It doesn't matter if |
| that we don't have free willand/or choice in our lives. | | | | anyone else believes it or not, for you it's true and |
| How many people actas if they had free will in their | | | | real as long as you believe it. And the universe will |
| lives? Did they truly and deliberately choose where | | | | conspire to make it so. Where doyou think "facts" |
| and what they are today? I think not! | | | | come from? |
| This, to me, is the same type of paradox as the | | | | So dig deep and discover the very great joy of your |
| creation/evolution debate. It appears that it's an | | | | own belief system. Root out other people's guesses |
| either/or situation when it's actuallyboth. We were | | | | that were instilled in you, and you just accepted |
| created to grow, to evolve. Again,where is the fun, | | | | without question. Now is the time to question. Strip |
| for God, to create an already-perfect being with the | | | | away all the crap that you've inherited, and install |
| consciousness ofits' perfection? | | | | your own system. |
| If you haven't already picked up on it, mytake on | | | | Find out what you genuinely believe, and trust will |
| God is considerably different from most. | | | | grow because it's your own belief. Do you begin to |
| Firstly, It has a wonderful sense of humor. Howcan It | | | | see now why few actually trust in God? |
| not, given that It created human beings? | | | | How can you trust what you don't truly believe? |
| And I think It created us with the innate ability to | | | | So whether or not you feel this article speaks to |
| learn and grow. Now how does that fit with the idea | | | | you, your guess is as good as mine. . . |