A Natural Faith

 I can’t prove that love exists, but I’ve felt it. I can’t prove a Higher Power, but if it’s true that ‘God is Love’, and I’ve felt love, then doesn’t it follow that I’ve felt the presence of God? 

As children, we learn by both experience (that’s HOT! that’s HARD!) and by what our parents, friends, and teachers tell us. So many of us were taught of an external God, someone who was ‘up there’ somewhere, who could hear our thoughts and watch our every move. No wonder so many children are afraid of monsters under the bed!

In the maturation process of admitting powerlessness over a substance or process, we are shown examples of faith in a ‘power greater than ourselves’. We’re given the opportunity to find that Power in our own lives. We have permission to exercise the willing suspension of disbelief in the learned concept of a God Up There, in order to find the Spirit of All within ourselves and others. It’s the Power which enables change. It’s the Love which encourages forgiveness of self and others. It’s in the pause before the action, in the very breath of Life.

We are given the gift of returning to that which we always knew intuitively to be true, and to relearn trust in something much larger than ourselves, no matter what you call It.