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The world and the way I see it.

Truth is what we make it.  Our ideas and perceptions about truth make truth. Or at least what we think is truth.  It is so easy to lie and change it according to our own needs.  It is something very hard to see.  We understand what we are ready to understand.  Some truth is far too difficult to accept. Regardless of what we choose to be real the fact remains that truth does not rely on us.  It is and cannot change.

God and the way I see him

This weekend someone asked me about God.  She asked why everyone thinks God is angry and evil.  I think everyone can agree no matter the religion that God is love.  That God created life and watches over it. He takes action when it is necessary. He punishes the evil and rewards the just.

We were made in his image.  By this I think that we feel emotions that he feels.  We feel anger.  We feel sadness.  We feel happiness.  But above all Love.
I know quite a few people.  But not one of my friends can describe me the same.  There are some friends that I really get along with and love me.  There are others who dislike me.  I can try to be the same person to everyone but I doubt I can be.  I have different relationships with different people.
So when I think of God I think of him in that sense.  That he is like a father with many children. He loves all his children. But his relationships with them is affected by their obedience to him.

And so how does this I'll tie with truth?

I think that the way we see God is the way we want to see him.  Everyone sees him differently.  Some of us see what we want to see. And sometimes what we see is difficult.  The truth is that there is one true God.  Our view of him is based on our relationship with him.  If we see him as an angry God it is because we have disobeyed.  If we see him as a God of love it is because we have been obedient.

We do what is most comfortable to us.  Sometimes we believe what others tell us to believe.  Traditions, religions, and influence from others has no effect on what really is truth.  There is no right religion.

The way the he works

God is love.  Any person with faith in him will tell you that.  And it's because he loves us that he lets us do as we please.  So that we can love him out of our own free will. He does however have laws.  If you choose to disobey you can always and I do mean always ask for forgiveness. He is a God of love after all.  His love for us is infinite.  A hard concept to grasp being that we don't understand infinite.  When we get angry we stay angry and we sometimes never get over it.  I can make someone angry and apologize till I'm blue in the face but I might never get forgiven.  God is not that way he can be angry but he loves us even in his anger and is always willing to forgive. God is your best friend.

The way the rules work

Sin is doing what God does not want you to.  Hes that little voice in you.  Like your conscience that tells you what is right.
I've herd this question a million times: "why do bad things happen to good people"
There is no easy answer.
In my opinion there is no such thing as good people. But I personally believe there are 2 reasons why it happens.

If you were not good God is punishing you or if you were in fact good God is testing your love for him.

..to be continued