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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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