Tuesday, August 24, 2010

God - the Most Important Component

It baffles me how many people spend most of their time fighting the concept of a higher Power. I cannot grasp the idea that suddenly, out of nowhere, with no provocation, the universe exploded out of nothing and began to form stars, planets, and even life. Without chemicals, life would be impossible, said an old advertisement. I disagree. Just because the universe requires chemicals doesn't mean it applies outside the universe. What is God made of? Is it something we could recognize with our limitations? Scientists like to think big but not when it applies to a potential Creator. That is anathema. I don't have that mental block. I can think freely, thank you, and I can think outside the box. Scientists don't like that kind of an attitude. That's fair, though, because I don't like theirs. Let them stay here in the universe, trapped by their rules. If Thomas Edison had that attitude, where would we be? There are so many things science can't figure out that it is amusing to watch. They want you to think they are all of one mind but they aren't. That's interesting considering how they boot out those they consider to be too radical, such as those who have the nerve to think Intelligence might have been involved in the creation of the universe. But, then, they certainly do go on about possible life on other planets. And they think religionists are the oddballs. To be frank, it does not hurt to believe that some Being we cannot understand created the universe and set everything in motion. It does not hurt to believe that this Creator set up the rules of the universe and does not have to follow them Himself. And it does not hurt to believe that He sometimes gets involved when it is necessary. There are those that say that if He created the universe and Himself is so perfect, why is there such chaos? Well, the stuff out there I call entertainment. It certainly entertains me every time they find something that doesn't fit into their current philosophy and they then have to do their research to figure it out so they can say: Oh, here's how it works. Nothing unusual at all. What's that they say about hindsight? Science has a long, long way to go to understand only the universe. To truly understand the Creator would be infinitely more difficult. Those scientists like to talk about the infinite but they don't want to confront it. God, however you might see Him, created all there is. He laid out the foundations of the universe and gave us brains to try to understand it, or, more likely, to see how awesome He is and who knows if the universe is his greatest creation? Our job in building our happiness is simply to recognize his great contribution to us who do not deserve it, to be thankful to Him for the free gift, and to make the most out of that gift. Fighting or denying what is does not lead to happiness. If you truly want to be happy, this is your first step.

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