"I'd like to believe that there is a God - Surely 'He' could make it easier?"


Of *course* there is God! :-) xxx

But you'll excuse me for not calling 'Him' or 'Her' and I therefore apologise for the repetitiveness of 'God' in what follows, (which is purely my opinion by the way, reached through many years of ups and downs)

I'm not at all religious, for all that palava belongs to 'Mankind'.

God is not to be found in 'holy' books, nor inside the rules or regulations which lie within them. God is not in churches or mosques, nor in wars or politics. God is not in hatred, or rape or murder. God is not there to be used for 'control' or to pour guilt down upon innocent people. God is not there in riches and jewels. God is not there as our young people vomit up their souls night after night, in drunken stupors, trying to stagger through a world that has turned its back upon them and upon God, leaving them with such an aching 'emptiness' inside.

God is in the eyes of the Big Issue Seller though, and in the cry of a newborn baby, in a mother's first look. God is there at the moment that a Love so deep is created, God is there when finally peace becomes stronger than war. God is in Joe's tree and in every animal that climbs it, every cloud that rises above it, every raindrop which falls upon it, every sun that sets behind it.

God is the souls of the dying, as they take their final breath, bringing them peace. God is around all who have already passed on, those who are 'in the process' and those who are left behind. Even those who choose to think they may not believe. God is there in every struggle overcome and in those that sometimes overcome us. God is there when we feel so alone and God is there when we finally start to open our eyes.

God is to be found when we least expect to find anyone. Sometimes God simply comes to us from reaching out into a terrifying, all-encompassing, heart-stopping darkness, when suddenly you find yourself being held so damned strongly, by hands you never even knew existed.

All you have to do, is invite God in, then watch the eyes and souls of those you begin to touch.

For God is catching! :-)

And right now, we need God more than we have ever done before, to bring back compassion, kindness, empathy, wisdom and understanding, because for way too long now so many of us have shut all thought of God out.

God is no colour, nor race, nor sex, nor name. God simply 'is' and why should God make things easier? That part, my friend, God leaves entirely up to us to do.


"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr.

God Matters - We have been silent too long.