Isn't...God just awesome?!

There's so much clutter around, arguments and confusion and distraction. But God is a God of peace, so let's get back to basics, and just start loving our God from scratch.

Why do you love your God?

 

I love my "God" because I'm just mesmorized by the wonder that it is.

 

Its not about me loving God.
I would go as far to say that I did not love God.

Its about God loving us.
Even if we love Him - its because He first loved us.
And even then its His Spirit that leads us to love Him.

 

I agree very much so... we are not the one's loving...God is the one loving.

"When you love you should not say, "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God."
And think not you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.
But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires:
To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night.
To know the pain of too much tenderness.
To be wounded by your own understanding of love;
And to bleed willingly and joyfully.
To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving;
To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy;
To return home at eventide with gratitude;
And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips."- "On Love"- Kahlil Gibran, the Prophet

God is Light and Love and pray we are blessed with such grace to be a reflection of that Light and Love each day on this green earth.

 

in reply to those posts that's one of the reasons i love Him, because He loved me first.

maybe i should have phrased it, why are you thankful?

there's power in praise... when i first posted the topic i had no idea what was going to happen to me this year (career and finance-wise) but knew it was going to be okay; a couple of days later everything fell into place, without me doing much at all, and now i'm incredibly happy with where i'm heading.

i just wanted to make a 'thank you' thread, that's all. we so often hear people saying 'help me', saying 'He helped me' strengthens them and us

 

If there was a god, and he loved me, he wouldn't want me to go through the pain I am going through and have been going through all my life. If there was a god, and they were so awesome and amazing...people wouldn't be MURDERED every day around the world just because they were BORN gay or bisexual. Innocent loving people...murdered because people claim that GOD says it's 'wrong' to be gay, yet at the same time GOD says he made everyone in his image and loves EVERYONE. There wouldn't be war going on in the world...which are fuled mostly by religion. If God existed and was so awesome and amazing...there wouldn't be such problems in the world.

 

If you turned to God, who loves you, He wouldn't let you go through the pain that you are going through without giving you a way out. It doesn't matter that you have been going through it all your life, because in Jesus you are born again, every day is new. Draw close to Him and He will work in you every day.

God says 'do not murder' and 'love your neighbour as yourself'. Through people's disobedience of these laws are people murdered and isolated. God loves everyone- if you want to receive what He has for you, you have to go to Him and ask. You can't get a hug if you're running away!

People create wars over arguments. Some arguments may be fuelled by religion- but religions are man's interpretation of God. God does not promote war- He says 'do not murder'! He also tells us to dwell on pleasant, good things! Men will find any excuse to go to war- regardless of what their actual instructions are.

Finally- if there were no problems, there would be little reason to fall on God, other than to have a constant buddy.

"Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." -2 Corinthians 12:9,10

Difficulties are one of the most exciting times in life- because it is then that you can feel the full power of Christ holding you up, and bringing you back to peace. Standing on your own in a storm is one thing, but standing with Christ is likened in the Bible to standing on a rock- that is what is meant by strength when you are weak.

Don't harden your heart, if you're angry at God tell Him, and ask Him, that if you'll turn to Him and ask Him to help you, that He'll make things better.

Good luck girlie, I'm praying for you!

 

I was raised Catholic, & had been very devoted to God even though alot of what Catholicism stands for I don't agree with. However, about a year ago I just lost touch with all my faith because things just keep on getting worse in my life. I am young & I have alot of questions that I am asking myself about life and the world we live in. Also, I have came to accept myself and my bisexuality which has been a part of me for as long as I can remember. I can honestly say I was born bisexual. And I don't understand how anyone could possibly say that people choose to be bisexual gay or straight. But accepting something that is such a huge part of me meant going against a religion that I had followed my entire life-which kind of unravelled absolutely everything. I don't want to be a part of a religion that doesn't accept me because of the way I was born. I don't find myself making any sense of the bible & alot of people who follow the path of Christianity. There are alot of contradictions. I do believe in a God, though...I just feel as if he doesn't love me and alot of people in this world. Thank you for your kind words...
-Autumn

 

I don't know....the way I see it (and I could be wrong)...is that bad things happen because if there were no bad things then we would never appriciate the good. Furthermore, the bad things are fueled by us...the material and the material world...but if you go beyond those things, you lose attachment with that world. If you take refuge in God, those bad things are still going to happen...but you will approach them in a different way. If you know God loves you and you love him as best you can, none of those things that happen to you will ever touch you. Its a hard road to get to this point...but despite all the awful acts of humanity, we much hold on to God and love him and pray not for our wants and needs per se but that he strips away all the heartache that keeps us attached to our sadness and helps us to overcome any and all obstacles that keep us away from his Joy.

Look at St. Francis...he was crippled but that never stopped him from Loving God with his whole self. That's the challenge we have been given, bad things are gonna happen and we can either give up or we can still keep reaching for God.

This is just my humble opinion...I understand that it may be wrong from a lot of Christian view points.

 

I love God because He wants to know us! What a dude! He has totally blessed me for no reason recently and i'm just so grateful. He really is the best! Glad to see some positive christian posts on here

 

I agree

I think there's lots of reasons that there's bad in the world, but whatever reasons are given, the fact is there IS bad, and that is God's will. We will probably never completely understand His will, but we know that it is perfect and is always for the best.

It's good to figure out stuff, because sometimes blind faith is hard to have, but in the end all we need to know is that God will do what He has to do, and that He will never forsake us- even if it appears that He is.

Lozi, I also agree with you It's amazing when God blesses you just like that...sometimes even when you're not expecting it or feeling like you earned it, God will turn things around and bring you into the light. Although it's true that you often get what you put in, when Jesus died for us He bridged the gap- so there is nothing we can do to be more perfect in God's eyes...it's a very nice thought! :hurray:

 

I love God because He gave His son Jesus to die for me, so that I may be with Him in Heaven. This world sucks, but The Holy Spirit guides me through life every day, and my mind is at peace knowing that God loves me unconditionally, and that I will be with Him in the end.

 

A righteous book to read is The Phat News of Mark by 2 Hawks.

 

GOD IS LOVE!
This is my 100th post so I wanted it to be special.

 

but the bible says that even satan knows god and knows god loves him...its our decision to follow christ and when we will love him and that what is important

 

kiaser 4 sunflower has it all right man!!!!!!!!!!!!! (he's my brother hehehehahahaha)

 

God makes me laugh, dance, sing, smile, play, be silly, feel love
God is fun no matter what you are doing with Him/Her

dancing with God is my favorite though and He gives me everything including the knowledge the Kingdom is here and so is Jesus, Mary

God bless

 

God is amazing...even through my hardest struggles, he has always been my side. He kept me safe through all the times I searched for religion, when really I just needed Jesus. He showed me how to respect my body and how to enjoy my life without using drugs. And he led me to an awesome church, where I can be me, I can ask questions, and can still be loved and accepted. He gave me true freedom, I am no longer controlled by my sex drive, a need to get high and many other things.

I love God because my life with him isn't about being perfect. It's about me seeking him and and him changing me.....He makes the changes in my life through his Spirit. Most of all, he died for me, and forgives me!

 

Well, I don't know about "God", but the Easter Bunny is definitely awesome!

 

That was a really beautiful post.