What have we done with God?

“I will have nothing to do with a God who cares only occasionally. I need a God who is with us always, everywhere, in the deepest depths as well as the highest heights. It is when things go wrong, when good things do not happen, when our prayers seem to have been lost, that God is most present. We do not need the sheltering wings when things go smoothly. We are closest to God in the darkness, stumbling along blindly.”

― Madeleine L'Engle

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God is love

where did we lose sight of this?

why did we lose sight of this?

perhaps we think

a God who is angry

and punishes

is more powerful

perhaps we think a God who

picks and chooses who to love

and who is helped

and who (of course)

is on our side (not theirs)

Is preferable to a God who welcomes

all

loves and forgives

all

perhaps we

think we can own God

manipulate God

and use God

to support our wants

our desires

our hates

we would be wrong