Who Knew?

So what if you perceive God as angry? What if you perceive God as a benevolent father? What if you see God as detached from the mundane everyday stuff?

What if the way you perceive God is the way He is in your life??? If you see God in everything He is in everything. If you don't make time for God perhaps He says okay! There are plenty of folks who are in relationship with God 24/7/365. Try convincing them that God isn't in every breath they take!

My God is bigger than anything that comes into my life. My God is able to work miracles in the most common and mundane activities as long as I keep God in the mix. I believe the only time God is not at work is when my actions speak so loudly, "I do not need Your help God. I've got this one all worked out. You know, God has way more important stuff to be concerned with than my little life." Right!

How many times have I eaten humble pie because I wanted to be in control. I wanted to do it myself. I was too busy for God. Yet, when things got really messed up who did I cry out to for help? Yeah, God almighty! Our sustenance through all of life's trials. Why do we ever doubt God's ability to care for us?

If our perception is our reality, which I believe it is, then it stands to reason that God is for us who we perceive Him to be; Father, Mother, Shepherd, Judge, Servant...

I also believe, there are no words that can fully describe or contain my God!

Psalm 19 says it best for me!

1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge.
3 There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.
4 Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
5 which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion, like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6 It rises at one end of the heavens and makes its circuit to the other; nothing is hidden from its heat.

Dear God,

All praise be to You, my creator God. I will shout for joy in the morning, in the noonday and at night as I celebrate the mysteries of life. Help me be the joy so desperately needed in the world. Be as real to me as every breath I take. Be in my thoughts, mind and heart as my lifeblood and protect me from evil thoughts and actions, that I may be an instrument of Your love. Amen.