Lenten Meditation : My Creed and Worldview
I believe in a Loving, Perfect God who created this universe and all that is in it.
He has established the Laws governing life in His presence and this universe.
Life is from His infinite Love.
There can be no falsehood in Love; in Him is all Truth.
I believe He created me (us) and has given me (us) complete freedom of choice.
I am a spiritual, eternal being on a physical journey. He has placed me in a physical vessel to live a short time and learn how to love and form community.
He has told me that I’m created in His image. When I live according to His character, I will become that which He intends me to be.
In this life, I will choose either to reflect His character or that of my own making.
He is intimately involved in the process of His creation, constantly recalculating with each of our choices what is needed to achieve His goals.
His goals will be accomplished, and NOTHING can or will change that.
He has provided me with guidance to understand His character, a written text called the Bible.
Although many variations of the text exist, He has kept the source Bible inerrant.
He is a personal God. He has given us a pattern, His only incarnate Son, the Word, to show us the straightest, most direct path to find and understand Him.
Through the experience of His Son, there is no human misery which He did not fully experience. He is worthy to judge us.
To all who follow and accept Him, He has provided a guide to help us, the Holy Spirit, a still, small, quiet voice which speaks the Truth.
Each day I try to reflect the character He intends for me. Each day I fail, but His inestimable Loving Forgiveness restores me.
When our physical journey ends each will choose in truth between Life eternal with Him, or that of our own desires. Lovingly, He will accept the choice.
I believe that His Love for all of his creation is so great, that He created a place for those who choose to exist away from His presence and company to fashion and order as they choose. We call this place Hell.
Hell is a place void of Love, Goodness, and all attributes of God, full of loathing hatred of Him and His creation boiling in unimaginable pain and fear.
He has shed His blood to cleanse me and calls me “friend” and a “child of God”. With His help, I look forward with great joy and gratitude in joining the community which He is building.
~ George