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Does God Exist?

Imagine if one day you woke up and found yourself  on a  stairwell. You don’t remember how you got there and you don’t remember if you were walking up or walking down the stairs. You look up and down the center of the stairwell and you can’t see the beginning or the end.

The stairwell is real; you can feel the hardness of the rail. Your feet are planted on steps that will take you up or down. You wonder how the stairs came to be and who made it.  

Many ancient and modern scholars and thinkers through the ages believe that the universe is endless life the stairwell, infinite and without boundaries. Some say if you were to walk in a straight line through the universe, you would not be able to return to your starting point. It’s just that HUGE!

With that in mind, great thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, al-farabi, Avicenna, Moses Maimonides, Augustine, Anselm, Decartes, Leibnix and many more have come to the conclusion that our vast, endless universe was caused by something greater than itself. It is based on the law of causality which tells us that the universe needed a cause at the beginning and it needs a cause to continue  to exist.

Many conclude that this cause is God. God has no beginning and no end. Some refer to him as the uncaused cause and the reason that everything  exists.

A man credited with great wisdom and wealth wrote, “God has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of man; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11).

There was a great thinker, scholar and man of faith called Paul who wrote, “...for God has made it evident to them. For since the Creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made.” (Romans 1:19-20)

Does God exist? Yes!

You can see Him in how the waves wash on the shore and only go so far or how a flower blossoms or feel Him with every breath that you take or all the details your eyes and ears capture each second.

Each one of us will have to come to a decision about our beginning and our end. In the world around us, we can see a design that was crafted by love and infinite care.

That same love and infinite care crafted you for a purpose in this vast universe. You are unique and not here by accident. God loves you and has a plan for your life.

We are all on a journey and are taking steps in this life and to eternity. I would ask that you consider placing God in the center of your universe and allow him to direct your steps  each day. 

Where are you on your journey? Which direction are you taking? Do you need help getting there?

If you're not sure and need some help, let's talk. God Bless You!

More about eternity ...

What is reincarnation? What is resurrection? What is the main difference between the two?
Reincarnation is the belief that after death the soul of the person passes on to another body, then another body, then another body. Some Eastern religions such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism believe in this.

Resurrection is the belief that after death the body is made incorruptible and is made alive forever. The soul-body is unified. The soul does not go through a series of bodies. This is the belief of Christians.

The man difference:
Reincarnation is a process toward perfection through a succession of lives.
Resurrection is a perfected state.

Wherever you may stand in the belief of life after death, I ask you to consider what God has done for everyone, not just a few.

Rom 10:11-13 (NIV)
11 As the Scripture says, "Anyone who trusts in him will never be put to shame."   12 For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile — the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, 13 for, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."
 
John 5:24 (NIV)
"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."

John 6:40 (NIV)
40 For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day."

If you have further questions, let's talk. God Bless ....

Three Questions

This begins my blogspot. You are more than welcome to comment. 

I was stopped three times -- mind you three times-- by the border patrol while driving from Arizona to California. At the first stop I was asked "Where did you come from?" At the second stop I was asked "Are you a US citizen?" At the third stop I was asked "Where are you headed?" before they all politely waved me through.

Made me think and I ask you to ponder these three questions about your eternity:
1) Where did you come from?
2) Where is your eternal citizenship?
3) Where are you heading?

If you're not sure, let's talk. I'll have three more questions next time.