Finding God

Moses said to God,”where can I find you? God replied,

”If you are looking for me, then you have already found me.”

They asked a wise man,”How do you know that God exists?”He replied,  Is it necessary to have a torch in order to see the Sun? ” We do not have enough words to explain what God is, but we know without words that [He] exists.”

Arabic Wisdom-source unknown Cited in Tolstoy’s Calendar of Wisdom

There is an earnestness that can be found in any sincere, long-lasting search for God… One that does not give up readily, but does come to recognize the grace within the search that can be found; and the quieting of the mind, and the enlarging compassion of the heart that are blessed by-products of the quest…

Far too often, we moderns feel as if we have to have our own personal torch in order to find or discover God’s reality… That can be the height of arrogance or simply a sincere misunderstanding that reinforces that there is a personal God we have to discover before it can be real for each and every one of us…

In our modern society, in our contemporary churches, there is an appalling amount of words used or given for the comprehension of simple yet profound concepts such as the reality of God that pervades our very existence! One cannot study or comprehend the complexities of theology without also studying Nature and all the inspirational lessons that the Earth and its plants and animals can teach us…

Eventually, we can learn to walk through the dappled woods and vernal roads like Thoreau or Frost with an eager and innocent anticipation of what we might see, learn, or discover that would reveal a timeless truth of life…

As Dante put it, “Nature is the Art of God Eternal” and so it is… We can discover much without words of proof and explanation, without it having to be personal. he universal truths bear witness of the Omnipresence of God and all of its blessings.