We need a new God

"We get the kind of world

we ourselves create by our faith.

Change the faith, change the assumptions and the perceptions will change

Change the perceptions and the attitudes will change

Change the attitudes and the actions will change

Change your faith, and your get a new world."

                                                    Beatrice Bruteau

What kind of world

am I creating God?

Is my faith in a God who is distant and uncaring?

Is my faith in a God who is threatening

or rewarding, or punishing?

Is my faith all about fear

and measuring up

being judged

being "in" or "out"

due to my own deservedness?

Then my world will be one

where people judge who is in

and who is out

where we see people as friends or enemies

superior or inferior

it will be a world of fear

and hate

and anger

of posturing 

it will be 

the world we have

If my God is a God of generosity

and unconditional love

of hope 

and acceptance

of grace.

then fear will be cast out

love will win

and I will be free

to love myself

to love and accept others

to feel safe

in the everlasting arms

and in safety

give

I think I

I think we

need a new God

not really a new God

just a newly found God

who has been here

from all eternity