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Friday,
December 8, 2006 |
Make a Ripple - Make a Difference |
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Good Morning,
Doves |
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I COULD NOT FIND IT
By
Joseph Mazzella
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I just couldn’t find it. I looked everywhere. I read
through my Bible again and again. I looked in all the
inspirational books I own. I checked out the other sacred
texts as well. I walked through the woods looking for it.
I even closed my eyes in meditation and prayer and looked
for it deep within my own heart and soul. I could not find
it anywhere. There was not a word, not a hint, and not even
a feeling of it. Nowhere could I find a single drop of
evidence that God is hate.
I know that a
lot of people out there must think that God is hate. The
protestors that hold up the signs about how God hates us at
the funerals of miners and soldiers must think so. The
people who say that earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes
are sent by God to punish us must think so. The terrorists
who have killed thousands of innocent men, women, and
children in their so-called "holy war" must think so. As
much as I tried, however, I couldn’t find one single thing
that supported their view.
I did find thousands of references to
God’s love in book after book. I found God’s love in
nature, in others, and in my own heart and soul. Every word
I read, hint I found, and feeling I felt all said the same
thing: "God is love." Maybe all of those who think that God
is hate just aren’t ready to know a God whose unconditional
love is everywhere and in everyone. Maybe that is why they
shut that love out. They want a God who loves little and
hates much just like they do.
I just couldn’t find that God anywhere
I looked. I don’t think I would ever want to either. I want
the God who loves me and wants me to love as well. I want
the God who fills every willing heart with His love and joy.
I want the God who has been, is now, and always will be
LOVE. |
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