Do You Believe in God?

The other day a student asked me whether I believed in God. I immediately said yes. I do and always have, so I really did not need to think about the answer. The young adult looked at me in awe; thought about my answer and then asked me whether I had ever seen God. Once again without giving it a second thought I said yes. He was shocked. He quickly inquired where I had seen him, what he looked like, and whether he had said anything. I looked him in the eyes and said: I see God every time I look in the mirror, when I look at you, when I see a flower bloom, when the sun comes up in the morning and when it sets at night. I see God in the raindrops.  I see him in each and every plant that grows in the garden.

He sat there and I could see that he was processing the information he was given. After a few minutes he mentioned that all these things I had mentioned could be proven by science how they came to be. I said that that was a very clever response and that I could not agree more. However, I asked him who had given the scientists intelligence to come up with those theories. He gave it some thought and then said it was not who but what; their brains.

Once again I agreed with him and asked who had created the brain. He immediately answered that the brain was a very complex organ and that science had not discovered yet everything that the brain could do. I agreed again and added that there was a greater power than science and the brain.

Then he asked if I saw God when there was a fire, a tropical storm, when wars broke out and when people died. I thought about it and said yes and no. He looked at me in a puzzled way and asked why God lets these things happen. I simply said that it was not God who imposed these things on us, but we who bring them on to ourselves. Angrily the boy said that we did not have the power to cause a tropical storm. Sarcastically he added that we were not that powerful. I agreed that we were not that powerful, however, I told him that I disagreed and still believed that we were the ones who caused the storm for we did not take care of our planet and we destroyed nature and in the end we did have something to do with the disaster. I also added that I did see God in those situations, specifically when strangers helped those who were hurt, when strangers helped those who had lost a loved one and I believed that those who accepted God in their lives were also greeted by Him when they passed away.

The young boy thanked me for answering his questions. Having said that he left school for the weekend.

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(Written: April 2, 2013)
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