Do You Believe in God?
Believe it or not, this is a hard question for me to answer. So are many other questions one gets asked about their spiritual beliefs in the course of life. In my experience, if I say I believe in God, people automatically assume that the word “God” means to me what it means to them. And what it means to me is often so very different from what it means to them!
In general, people ask about my beliefs because they want to tell me their beliefs – and they want me to validate them. And I cannot know what they really need to hear. So I let Holy Spirit answer.
Judge not the words that come to you, but offer them in confidence. They are far wiser than your own. (M-21.5)
One day a pair of Jehovah’s Witnesses came to my door. I told them politely I was not interested and that there was no reason to give me their literature because it would just end up in my recycle bin. One of them sputtered when I said this, but the other asked if I went to church. I told her I was a spiritual, not religious. She brightened and said, “So am I, really.” She asked if I read the bible and I told her I was a student of A Course in Miracles. She seemed satisfied with this and she told me she lived in my neighborhood and if I had any questions I could contact her. With that she happily dragged off her still-sputtering partner.
This was one of those situations where I would not have predicted the response I got from her. She actually seemed brighter when she walked away than when I opened the door. And who knows why? I don’t -- but Someone within me does. Something in the exchange was exactly what she needed at that moment.
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In general, people ask about my beliefs because they want to tell me their beliefs – and they want me to validate them. And I cannot know what they really need to hear. So I let Holy Spirit answer.
Judge not the words that come to you, but offer them in confidence. They are far wiser than your own. (M-21.5)
One day a pair of Jehovah’s Witnesses came to my door. I told them politely I was not interested and that there was no reason to give me their literature because it would just end up in my recycle bin. One of them sputtered when I said this, but the other asked if I went to church. I told her I was a spiritual, not religious. She brightened and said, “So am I, really.” She asked if I read the bible and I told her I was a student of A Course in Miracles. She seemed satisfied with this and she told me she lived in my neighborhood and if I had any questions I could contact her. With that she happily dragged off her still-sputtering partner.
This was one of those situations where I would not have predicted the response I got from her. She actually seemed brighter when she walked away than when I opened the door. And who knows why? I don’t -- but Someone within me does. Something in the exchange was exactly what she needed at that moment.
www.acimmentor.com
To receive this blog in your email contact me at Liz@acimmentor.com
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