Claudia G. S. Martins
SPNer
THE WAY OF GOD
The first thing is that God's the first being; and that He existed before
anything or anyone else, and will continue to exist after everything and
everyone is gone.
Were we to somehow or another appear out of nowhere and come upon reality
for the first time, the first being we'd notice - the most obvious and
preeminent Being - would be God. Simply because we hadn't yet had a chance
to take His presence for granted, and hadn't yet been waylaid by all the
other things that have us overlook Him.
God will eventually prove to have existed before everything else, too. But
knowing that would come later, after we'd have withstood the shock and stun
of catching sight of His presence in the first place.
Again, we're also told that He will continue to exist after everything and
everyone is gone. Why would we need to know that, too?
God's ineffable presence defines reality and gives it it's heft. And that by
being the first and last, He is the better part of the whole.
God - and God alone - both created and maintains everything.
Simply put, that comes to deny the power of anything or anyone else to truly
and utterly create out of the blue (despite our own personal fantasies and
vainglory). And it comes to underscore the fact that God not only created
us, he also maintains our beings moment by moment.
Claudia G. S. Martins
BRAZIL
sikhbrazil@yahoo.com
The first thing is that God's the first being; and that He existed before
anything or anyone else, and will continue to exist after everything and
everyone is gone.
Were we to somehow or another appear out of nowhere and come upon reality
for the first time, the first being we'd notice - the most obvious and
preeminent Being - would be God. Simply because we hadn't yet had a chance
to take His presence for granted, and hadn't yet been waylaid by all the
other things that have us overlook Him.
God will eventually prove to have existed before everything else, too. But
knowing that would come later, after we'd have withstood the shock and stun
of catching sight of His presence in the first place.
Again, we're also told that He will continue to exist after everything and
everyone is gone. Why would we need to know that, too?
God's ineffable presence defines reality and gives it it's heft. And that by
being the first and last, He is the better part of the whole.
God - and God alone - both created and maintains everything.
Simply put, that comes to deny the power of anything or anyone else to truly
and utterly create out of the blue (despite our own personal fantasies and
vainglory). And it comes to underscore the fact that God not only created
us, he also maintains our beings moment by moment.
Claudia G. S. Martins
BRAZIL
sikhbrazil@yahoo.com
