Why is it?

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Why is it that I am here in this world? Why is it that I believe in God if I do? Why don't I believe in God? Why didn't I believe in God at this time? Do I believe in God because my parents believe in God?

These are questions that have popped in my mind at some points in my life. I know that you have at least asked yourself one of these questions at least once in your life. I think that these are normal questions for people to ask themselves. If you take a second look at those questions you can see that they all end up going back to God. Most of the people and if it is not all of the people in Honduras have been practically bombarded with religious things since they are little. You have to go to church because uhm it’s the right thing. Many times when you were little you did things like being baptized, just because your friends at church were doing it. I know this because I did it. I thought I understood why I was doing this, I mean I did it because I accepted Jesus as my savior, the bible says you should be baptized. But think about it I don't think that when I was 12 I had a good understanding of life and why I did things. Most of the things I did were because everyone else was doing it. 

Fortunately the trend of doing things because others were doing it ended up bringing me to the best thing in my life. I remember that when I saw others going to bible studies I wanted to go because everyone else was going. I wasn't really looking for a purpose in life; I just wanted to have fun. After many hours I spent listening to this gringa say “You have to fall in love with Jesus before you find who your future husband will be", I ended up finding myself talking to this supernatural being that I can't see, that many believe that he is just a product of your imagination and he calls himself the all mighty God and the creator, of me and the universe. This is crazy, totally crazy why would I start talking to myself and pretend that I am not talking to myself but talking to God. As crazy as it seems I still did it, little by little I started to have faith in this being. I started to find out that the more faith I had in him the more amazing things started happening in my life. To mention one a trip to the United States to which I had no money to go and miraculously when I started having faith in God that he would provide money and that I would be able to go, I started receiving many donations and it happened I went to the trip, coincidence? maybe, but taking a look at what was happening in my life and the change that started happening in my heart, I don't think that it was a coincidence. Everything in my life started changing, my attitude, my goals, my activities and my friends. Every problem that started in my life was now bearable. The concept of hope started being real in my life. Now this God or the "imaginary being", however you want to call him started being real to me. He is real to me now. But how did this happen? How did I get to this point? I did not only start seeing what would happen if I had faith in him, I started feeling different. I didn't feel loved, now I do feel loved, I felt rejected, now I feel accepted. I didn't have a purpose, now I do have a purpose. Now I can definitely say that to me he is not a God that is just there on Sundays or an "imaginary being". He is real to me in my heart; he stole my heart and made me who I am now. Even in the middle of a very struggling life I see his power and I feel peace and hope that what I have is the best for me. Now, God is not just God he is my father, my counselor, my true best friend and I love him for what he has done, I have seen in many ways in my life how his word is real. It is real because I have lived it and seen his power. So you be the judge yourself if he is or isn't real, but don't do this before you have tried it. 

Why is it that I am here in this world?

 "For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him."    Colossians 1:16 

I was created by him so now I will live for him and tell everyone about him. 

Why is it that I believe in God if I do?

I believe in him because I have seen him work in my life in miraculous ways. I believe because I can feel him here right now in this moment whispering to my ears “I love you" and I know he is the only love that will NEVER fail me. 

Why don't I believe in God?

This is a question that you can answer yourself if you don't. Personally I wouldn't believe in God if he gave me a personal reason not to believe in him.

Why didn't I believe in God at this time?

Many times it happens that we lose our faith that God may do something in our life. We probably didn't believe in him because we were not having a time of our day that we dedicate to him, (this should be at all times though).

Do I believe in God because my parents did?

Probably I did and just as everyone. When I got older I matured enough to make the decision if he was real to me or not. I am so thankful he is real in my life.