Why God?

I’m not a person of great belief

nor am I a person of great disbelief.

I do not believe that God has guided me

Nor do I believe that God has misguided me.

There well may be a superior entity that

guides our lives.

However considering the horrors

that we…

considering the horrors

our fellow human beings face daily

if there is a superior entity

then I would say he, she or it

is not doing a very good job.

If God answers your prayer

for love,

for health,

for success,

then possibly the answer to your prayers

is not to be found within God

but within yourself for the effort you put forth

to find love,

to do what must be done to retain health,

to put forth the effort to find success.

For if you find love

you may thank God.

However if you lose love,

do you then blame God?

Without question

I speak only of and for myself

for I know there are many here of strong

belief and faith

and to you I  honor that which you believe.

But for me,

what good has happened in my life,

what bad has happened in my life,

the love I have found,

the love I have lost,

the success at what I must do to sustain myself, or…

the lack of success at what "I do not do" to sustain myself

is to be found only within myself

and is only of my own responsibility.

and not that of a God

that I do not necessarily believe in

or that of a God

that I do not necessarily not believe in.

For…

I do not believe that God has guided me

Nor do I believe that God has misguided me.

©October 16, 2011 / Mark M. Lichterman