What is God to you?

Question

Good or bad, bearded guy in the sky or horned party dude down below, Spirit of the universe or just your imagination. What is it about God? True or false, all of us are looking for something. All of us seek something. What is it? And does it really matter?

Steve

Answer 1

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother

Answer 2

God is the reason that I'm here. He's the reason that I'm breathing, the reason I have life. My father didn't want any more children and it was already hard financially with just my brothers and my parents. My mother really desired another baby and prayed about it. God granted her heart's desire to her and not only gave her a baby, He gave a girl. He didn't just leave her without the finances to support the new addition. He supplied all of the families needs one way or another. He supplied the money, food, clothes, and everything we needed. He is my FATHER and Friend. He saved me from eternal death. He is my provider and I have seen Him work for us when we prayed. He is my healer and my comforter. He is always there in the middle of the night when I am feeling despaired and He's there at school when my "friends" are all backstabbing me and talking behind my back. He's everything I have or ever will need. All I have to do is my part, which is to follow Him with my whole heart and He takes care of the rest. I don't have to worry about what college to go to, who and when to date, and what to do with my life. He's already got it planned out and is giving me what I need for it.

Answer 3

A great Taoist quote is this: There is only one true reality and millions of versions of it.. This means that you should believe what makes you feel good inside, and always remember to be a good person, basically that covers all religions. Other then that I think that human beings have this inert need to be lead in the right direction and get hope when all is hopeless and I believe that is what religion stems from. each path is different but we are all connected from our need to have a "creator" so in a nutshell, enjoy what you have while you have it and never forget to be thankful

Answer 4

It should read "Who is God to you?". He is my creator, my provider, my high tower, my shield, my healer, my refuge, my rock, my salvation.

When I was 20 years old I was in a horrible car wreck that crushed my entire face - I have the x-rays to prove it. While I was in the ER strapped to a backboard the Dr. took two of his fingers and pulled out my top jaw to the point that I could see my own gums. While being transfered by ambulance to a bigger hospital able to handle the severity of my injuries, I had a feeling come through that I will never be able to wrap words around. The paramedic in the back with me almost had a nervous breakdown and literally slapped the driver in the back of the head and told him to step on it because there was something going on in the back that he had never seen before. All I knew was that all the pain I had was gone and I could actually talk again.

Before my mom left the first hospital to follow the ambulance, she called my great aunt - a woman of unmeasurable faith - she asked her to simply pray for God's will. When my mom arrived at the hospital ER waiting room the pay phone was ringing. Someone answered and called out my mom's name. It was my great aunt. She told my mom not to worry that God had spoken clearly to her that I would not even have a bruise. I spent 16 hrs. being x-rayed from head to toe. ( I also had some unexplained bleeding going onbefore the ambulance experience) After all the x-rays, MRI, CT scans, observation, poking and prodding, I was sent home with the explanation that they had no idea why I was ever transferred because there was not even the slightest bruise on me anywhere. They told me to go back to original Dr next day for his observation. I did and when he walked in the room where I was he asked what I was doing there. He then cancelled the rest of his appts. and personally took me to the hospital to be x-rayed again. He stayed in the room with me the entire time and read x-rays himself. The newest x-rays showed that my entire face had been broken but was completely healed.

Before I was originally transferred, I had received 140 stitches where my upper lip had been ripped from my gumline on the inside of my mouth. I didn't even have any bruising or swelling there.

The only explanation I can give you is that Jehovah God healed me at the request of one of His saints (my aunt).

The car that I was in had been totaled. The engine was sitting in the front seat. No one is sure if I was thrown through the windsheild or what because I was actually found lying beside the driver's door that would not open. Neither would the passenger door open. The windsheild was busted out, the entire steering column was in the back seat. And I had not been wearing a seatbelt.

People can say what they want to say,but there is absolutely nothing that can convince me that I am wrong about my God. Yes, I still face troubles in my life. Jesus said I would. But I never face them alone. He is always with me and He never leaves me hanging. All I have to do is continue to follow His ways. What some people want to forget is that not only does God promise us blessing for our obedience to Him, He also promises cursing for those who choose not to serve Him. He is a just God. And when one says that he/she chooses "not to choose" then the choice has actually been made NOT to serve God.

I sincerly pray that this will be the day that you acknowledge that you are a sinner and ask forgiveness through Jesus Christ so that you can KNOW what I am talking about. Get yourself a bible and read it everyday. Talk to God. Ask Him to reveal Himself to you. Read the book of John. Get to know Jesus. Ask for the Holy Spirit to give you understanding of the Word. Find a church that preaches the full gospel. Ask God to direct you to a place where you can grow in Him through the preaching and teaching of His word by a true person of integrity. They DO exist. God bless you and teach you.

Answer 5

Maybe all that we are looking for, comes from within for a reason. .Our spiritual roots ., God , Universe, Energy, , the One we come from. There exist too many answers to yr question and too many theories. To us the believers is a matter of faith. and faith is a gift . Deep waters steve!!

Answer 6

God is a myth. It is a human way of dealing with the unknown: Where do we come from? What happens when we die?

God creates a simplistic answer for those without the ability to accept the truth, that we simply do not know these things and may never know.

Answer 7

The horned party dude of course. He's much more interesting and approachable.

Answer 8

God is good. Spirit of all things good.

True, we're all "looking for something". It's the thirst in our minds and in our hearts. To me, that was answered in the faith in the one true God and in salvation thru His Son, Jesus. That's "what it is".

Does it really matter? It only matters if you're concerned about your eternal soul.

Answer 9

Gos i my Savior, my FAther and my Friend. He loves me adn i lvoe Him back. He listens to me and i can put my life on Him. I an trust Hima dn put mya bsolute faith in the Lord. He is wonderful. He is good. He is trustworthy adn excellent. He is worthy of all praie. He is my God. He is not fake but alove and real. I am seeking salvation fromt eh Lord. The Bible teaches about Salvation and for the people who follow His son Jesus Christ will receive salvation. Life in Heaven forever.

Answer 10

i believe in many gods.

to me they simply are what they appear to be. they control the balance of nature and help us in times of need.
i think that the gods of this planet are part of a larger whole as a spirit entity of the universe. but they are all still seperate entities unto themselves.