“One of the most challenging aspects for those who are seeking to find the God of their understanding for the first time is His formlessness. It can be difficult to believe in, and connect with, something that cannot be seen. Perhaps this is because although God is in all things He is felt and experienced on levels that relate directly to the condition of our own hearts.”
“Oh, the fullness, pleasure, sheer excitement of knowing God on earth!”
“We rarely think of the air we breathe,
yet it is in us and “around us all the time.
In similar fashion, the presence of God penetrates us,
is all around us,
is always embracing us.”
“We (Christians) are always in the presence of God.
There is never a non-sacred moment! His presence never diminishes.
Our awareness of His presence may falter, but the reality of His presence never changes.”
“To know God’s love is indeed heaven on earth.”
“Let all our employment be to know God: the more one knows Him, the more one desires to know Him.”
I have reached a point in my life where I am really not interested in theology. I don’t want to know what scholars or preachers think about God, I want to know God. Faith for me has become less and less intellectual and more experiential.
Life and faith are not meant to be endless struggle until we die and “go to heaven” as an escape from this earth. We are created to know and enjoy God right here and now. It is our beliefs about God spelled out in our doctrines and theologies which make life hard. It is not some sort of punishment from God, we do it to ourselves.
Almost twenty years ago at the end of an energy healing session I had an experience of the Divine that changed my life and how I see God. The healer, who was also a licensed medical doctor, knew something special happened and asked about it, but there were no words to describe it.
The doctor died unexpectedly a few months after that and unfortunately it took me awhile to stop going from one alternative healer to another looking to repeat that experience. I was not ready to comprehend that God was within me and that conscious experience of the Divine is always at hand. Now I don’t know how I lived before.
That doesn’t mean life is always smooth sailing. I do a pretty good job of complicating things and making life hard all on my own. But it is my thoughts and beliefs that do that, not God.
So this month let’s look at knowing God. If you have a personal experience you would like to share, please feel free to leave a comment below.
