tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post386657380682811241..comments2024-01-06T10:36:03.652-05:00Comments on The Word Guild: Is There a God? - MeyerGlynishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15621548333351709607noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-39094075928110645642010-09-30T10:32:03.808-04:002010-09-30T10:32:03.808-04:00Dear Praz,
One way to understand why God gave us...Dear Praz, <br /><br />One way to understand why God gave us a choice is to look at human relationships. We are made in the image of God. The relationships we have on earth are then in some ways similar to the relationship we can have with God. In the Bible, our relationship with God is compared at times to a marriage, to a father-child relationship and sometimes just as a friendship or someone whom you work for. <br />In all of these earthly relationships, we get glimpses of what we can have with God. We can confide our deepest thoughts and feelings as a wife would to her husband. We can trust in confidence as a child does to her father. We can have carefree conversation and shared experiences as in a friendship. <br />As with earthly relationships, we may not choose who they are (we are born into a family and we may not have a choice over our other relationships either) but we can choose to love – a little, a lot or not at all. <br /><br />Love is a mysterious thing and I don’t fully understand it. The Bible says “God is love.” Not just that He loves but He is love. For myself, I know I am not always loving. It is there in my heart, sometimes stronger at times than others and for certain people more than for others. This is human love. It’s the best we can do while on this earth. God’s love is so far beyond what we can begin to understand. But I feel it in my heart. And because of that love from Him, I feel love towards Him also. <br /><br />Sometimes love comes spontaneously and sometimes love is a choice. And I think this is the main reason why God gave us choice – so that we could choose to love Him. We could choose to have a relationship with Him. <br /><br />Faith is like love. It can come spontaneously but is more often a choice that we make. We decide to trust someone. That decision is usually based on good sound logic and reasoning. Also often some emotion. But in the end, it is a choice we make. We take a risk. When we choose to trust someone, they might let us down. There is always that risk that we take. We jump off a cliff and trust in our parachute to open up at the right time. But that’s life, full of risks, full of moments of faith.<br /><br />When my husband asked me to marry him, I was very fearful because of my parents’ bad marriage. John said to me: “I can’t prove my love to you. You’ll just have to trust me.” Years later, walking out under the stars, I heard an echo of his words in my heart, God saying, “I can’t prove my love to you, Dorene. You’ll just have to trust me.”Dorene Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096104437581379540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-71120424899969079292010-09-30T01:34:03.436-04:002010-09-30T01:34:03.436-04:00Hi Dorene
Thanks alot for your replies.I was born...Hi Dorene<br /><br />Thanks alot for your replies.I was born as a hindu. But currently am not following any religion but very much interested in knowing the truth.<br /><br />I know people should be lucky to have faith in god. But realy I still did not get that so called faith.<br /><br />Few comments on your reply<br /><br />1. God made everything perfect but we have all of us chosen our own way instead of God’s way. <br /><br />This one i didnt get properly. He made everything and he gave choice.. isn't?<br /><br /><br /><br />why did he gave a choice? Why he want us to choose? why cant he give us only one option?<br /><br />If he has given us only one option all of us would have been good right?<br /><br />Lets say god created us. Then why did he made us think in the bad way? why cant he make us think in the good way only?<br /><br />I am not going to ask other questions. <br /><br />You may be very busy Dorene. But thank you for answering my questions. Your answers made me think in new angles. But still I did not get the faith.<br /><br />I know if the religions or god concept is lie, it cant survive for centuries. But I dont get itprazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148088250930558344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-21699048069089528222010-09-29T15:45:56.887-04:002010-09-29T15:45:56.887-04:00Dorene, thank you for this interesting and thought...Dorene, thank you for this interesting and thought-provoking post. The discussion that has arisen around Praz's questions and your responses is just great.Peter Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15529992196266271463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-19961332430684435742010-09-29T11:32:42.917-04:002010-09-29T11:32:42.917-04:003. If we were to regularly receive his message in ...3. If we were to regularly receive his message in the clouds or on a tabletop, we wouldn’t take it seriously. But why couldn’t God make us take it seriously? <br /><br />This is again a good question, Praz. Sometimes, I wonder why God doesn’t just flip a switch in us somewhere and make us all obedient little followers of Him. Then I think about the wonderful rich relationships that I have – and I know they would not be the same if someone was forced or hardwired to love me. It is those wonderful spontaneous moments in life that make everything worthwhile – when my grandson stops his play to pick a flower for me or when my son calls just to say hello or when I receive a compliment from a friend. In the same way, when we see a beautiful sunset and compliment God on his artwork, or take a moment out of our busy days just to talk to Him, or have a sudden impulse to give a gift to God just because we know it will please Him – that’s the kind of love that can’t be forced. It just wouldn’t be the same.Dorene Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096104437581379540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-82527010265098856342010-09-29T11:06:31.334-04:002010-09-29T11:06:31.334-04:00It's a good post! thanks a lot.It's a good post! thanks a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-43390287961853307502010-09-29T10:59:41.026-04:002010-09-29T10:59:41.026-04:002. What’s the fun God gets when he suffer or worsh...2. What’s the fun God gets when he suffer or worship him?<br /><br />This is such an excellent question also, Praz. It is a question that many people struggle with. I see so much suffering in this world and I don’t understand why God doesn’t just stop it. But again, I think the answer lies in the fact that we are not God. We can’t see the bigger picture. We can only see the small part that we can see and try to understand it. In our world of mass communication, we see more suffering than we should. There is so much that we can do nothing about.<br />When we do experience suffering ourselves or in those that we are close to, we often do see the reason for the suffering. There are many people who have written about their experiences with suffering and how it has brought them closer to God, closer to other people or has in some other way enriched their lives.<br /><br />Ah, the fun God gets when we worship him! That is why it is said that Jesus endured the cross, despising the shame – for “the joy that was set before Him” (see Hebrews 12:2). I feel His joy in my spirit when we communicate. In the Bible, the relationship we can have with God is compared sometimes to that of a bride and bridegroom; sometimes to that of a child and a Father; and sometimes just as a friendship. It is hard to describe this relationship that we can have with God. It goes beyond what I feel for my husband, my children or even my grandchildren. It goes beyond human experience. This joy that we share is what I live, and would gladly die, for. And… it’s what Jesus did die for.<br />DoreneDorene Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096104437581379540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-67451957068920463752010-09-29T10:39:45.427-04:002010-09-29T10:39:45.427-04:00Hi again,
These are such good questions that you ...Hi again,<br /><br />These are such good questions that you asked! I wanted to take some time to think through the answers.<br /><br />1. Why did God make some of us bad and some of us good? <br /><br />God made everything perfect but we have all of us chosen our own way instead of God’s way. We want to be comfortable, happy, entertained… We don’t care about other people as much as we care about ourselves. We only rarely give God a passing thought. ALL of us are like this. Though it may seem on the surface that some of us are good and some are bad, when you look closer, all of us are bad. Jesus said that if you lust after (desire) a woman, you have committed adultery. He said that if you hate someone, you have committed murder in your heart. Again, God sees right down into our spirits to who we really are. Left to ourselves, we go on doing more and more bad things. And in this just and perfect world that God made, we would get what we deserved at the end of our lives. We who have lived in luxury while others suffered will experience suffering ourselves (for reference on this, read: Luke 16: 19-31, Matthew 25:31-46). <br />The good news is that God loved us so much that he chose to pay the price for all of the bad that we have done. When Jesus, who had never once done anything bad because He is God, died on the cross, he took all of our sins on Himself. He paid the price for all of the bad things done by all the people who have ever lived or will live in the future. God did this so that we could be totally forgiven, totally made clean. Jesus said it was like being born again. Because Jesus paid the price for all the bad things we have done, those bad things no longer exist. It is as if we had never done them. It is at this point that we can have that open line of communication with God through the Holy Spirit.<br />God still gives each of us humans a choice though. We can choose to believe or disbelieve. <br />We can choose to accept or reject His great love. <br /><br />DoreneDorene Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096104437581379540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-85854046149181557202010-09-29T09:18:44.678-04:002010-09-29T09:18:44.678-04:00Dear Praz,
Thank you so much for your comments!
Th...Dear Praz,<br />Thank you so much for your comments!<br />Thank you for taking the time to think about my words even though we disagree on some things.<br />I can see you have an open heart and mind, and that you are a seeker of truth. <br />I would like to think a bit about your questions and comments and get back to you later today with a reply.<br /><br />DoreneDorene Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096104437581379540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6213977381458736343.post-84715651769252566912010-09-29T05:01:06.424-04:002010-09-29T05:01:06.424-04:00Hi Dorene
I am Prasenna from Sri Lanka.nice comme...Hi Dorene<br /><br />I am Prasenna from Sri Lanka.nice comments. But few doubts...<br /><br />God is ulmighty right?<br /><br />So why did he made some of bad and some us good?<br /><br />Whats the fun God gets when he suffer or worship him?<br /><br />He can communicate to us in by writing in the clouds which is only visible to relevent person?<br /><br />You say that if we regularly receive his message , we want take it serious. But why cant the god change make us think it as serious?<br /><br />Please understand following facts<br /><br />1. God exist. But not the one you refer. It is not he or she... Its not it.. its everything but nothing<br /><br />2. We are not children of god.. We are the gods... Actualy a part of god... but we did not realise it yet..<br /><br />3. There is no infinity or eternity... no need for it<br /><br /><br />above are my thinking.. I woulfd like to receive a reply from you cause it may help me to think properlyprazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148088250930558344noreply@blogger.com