Knowing God

Phat writes: Its being able to talk to the air or to the empty room and having a comforting feeling that you are not talking to yourself. Its feeling a growing love inside of you that affirms your worth and your special value to a Creator who is a Father and a friend to us. Its being able to acknowledge the arguments against religion, the Bible, and spirituality without worrying about whether the God you met was a figment of your imagination or whether He was actually someone you met.

Phat writes: I clearly remember the day that I became aware that God was real. While it is true that I was at a charismatic church at the time, I believe to this day that God reached me despite the church and the dysfunction of organized religion. Your son may well have been involved in a religious environment, and by accepting Jesus he may have been positively reinforced by the peer group around him. Some people believe that God is in everybody and that we need but find Him within us. Others believe that the Spirit of God is with everybody but that we need to ask Him to come in to our hearts.

Phat writes: To me it is more than a feeling. It is a conscious belief. Its a relative truth, yet it can never be expressed to the world as an absolute fact. Only God can do that, if and when the time is right.

Phat writes: I can share my story with you. I can tell you of the many times that I felt the presence of God. I can also tell you many other times where there was no feeling and no awareness. It was those times that I prayed by Faith.You may not have any confirming feelings. I believe that you will have an awareness, but I can't promise you that. Many people let their logic get in the way of their belief. They have more faith in human wisdom and rationality than they do in a God that they can't see. At least they are honest!