It's our choice

First, I want to say I believe the opening verse of The Tao Te Ching which reads: "The God that can be explained [by the finite human mind] is not the infinite and eternal God." With that said I want to muse a moment over "good" and "evil."

I struggle with it. How can "God" (whatever he/she/it might be) be reconciled with such misery as we have on earth? How can God and evil co-exist? My answer? "I don't know."

Some believe that evil is a part of God. I've struggled with that and have decided I'm not going to believe that. Since "God" is beyond explanation by a finite human mind, the truth then is that I get to choose what I'm going to believe about "God." One of my favorite theologians, John O'Donohue, puts it this way, "All theology is imaginitive."

So I've made up my mind to believe that "God" is everything that is good, all that is loving, all that is beautiful, and endlessly creative.

I further believe that we become like the "God" we believe in. I think it's better to live by higher values. I think our life is better and it's better for those around us. If I believe in a "God" that is everything that is good, all that is loving, all that is beautiful, and endlessly creative I have a compass for my journey. I begin looking for "God" everywhere, and in everyone. I like that.