Part 1 - I Finally Figure Out Who God Was!

If you read any of my Blog posts, you must read this one, and the next.  These are the posts that may make it all click for you in finding Hope in your hopelessness; these are the ones that will show you who God is.  It is in this Hope, in truly knowing God, and who He is that has turned my world upside down.  It was this hope that brought healing into my heart, brought purpose to my soul, and meaning into my life.  I found peace that surpassed all understanding.  My soul was brought to life.

     Larry and I began our discipleship during the spring of 1993. I must say, it was not as I had thought it would be.  It had nothing to do with joining a cult.  Larry simply began sharing with me what the Holy Bible was, how it was arranged, how to find scripture,  spiritual truths, attributes of God, the Holy trinity, the death of Christ on the cross and His resurrection.  God got my attention, and now for the first time I was about to discover who God was.  There were many other things that Larry taught me, but one particular lesson made it all click. 

     I am just going to cut to the chase with this.  Larry shared three very important and critical spiritual truths.  Here is what they were:  First, we are all sinners.  Second, we deserve punishment for our sin.  Third, God wants to give us the gift of eternal life instead of death.

     All this time, I thought I would find God in a church, through an idol, and maybe even through my own spiritual focus.  I allowed man to define who God was; I allowed life circumstances to prove if God was love, and simply I tried to define God by my terms.  God was not in my definition, God was not in a makeshift cross that I could wear, God was not in a Saint Luke pendant, God was not in the walls of a church, God was not in a wax Buddha, He was not in Scientology, He was not in meditation, and God was not even found in religious rituals. He was not anywhere that I was expecting. 

     I had always expected God to do something to prove himself to me.  The simple fact He already had.  Two thousand years before, He already proved himself.  He did it by dying on a cross in my place and rising from the dead 3 days later.  What more could I ask for?  What my heart was really saying was this: "God what you did on Calvary was not good enough, I expect more." 

     Tomorrow, I will share how God spoke to me revealing himself and changing my life forever more.  

Matthew 7:7 "Ask and it will be given to you; 

seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

Here are a couple of  local children from 
Niquenohomo, Nicaragua.
This picture reminds me of the child like faith
 it takes to truly find God.

May my life be the proof and evidence of His love