God and the Universe

After creating the post entitled "You are Your Thoughts" I began to do some soul searching. I questioned my motives... my faith... my devotion. I wondered to myself... by posing my wishes to the Universe am I questioning God's existence? The conclusion I came to is this... No I am not questioning God's existence. I am simply attempting to change my mindset, my reality filter, so that I can create a path for the things I wish for to come to me.   

“You're life is a print-out of your thoughts.” ― Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free 

Of all the things I listed in the post one thing I did not ask for was for my son to be whole. Don't get me wrong... every day I wake up and I pray that today will be the day that his body is whole and works as it should. If given the choice to have all the material things I wish for myself and my family or to have Alan walk to me and speak to me... in a heartbeat and without a thought I would choose that for Alan. So yes... sometimes I question God as to why He has never granted that request. Why do we all believe He will answer any of our prayers when He doesn't answer the requests of parents the world over to heal our children? The only answer I have is Faith. I have faith that the challenges that Alan faces and that we face in caring for him are for a higher purpose. God has a purpose for us and in order for us to be prepared for whatever challenge or test is coming our way this is in preparation for it. Or perhaps Alan is to impact someone or maybe many someone's and in order for him to complete his purpose his body has to be in the form it is now, perhaps his message would not be heard otherwise. I do not have the answers but I have faith that God will use our situation to have a positive effect on others. 

I recently watched a video by Stephen Hawking in which he made the statement that there is no God. Now, I admire Stephen Hawking's achievements, his intellect, his perseverance and his determination to overcome all the challenges in his life. So... let me say again... I truly admire him. However, I disagree with him as I have noticed that many others do as well. Approximately 95% of the human population believes in a higher power. The other 5% apparently think we are all delusional. It seems that Science is always trying to disprove the existence of God.

“When things get too complicated, it sometimes makes sense to stop and wonder: Have I asked the right question?” ― Enrico Bombieri


Maybe instead of asking 'how can we prove God doesn't exist' maybe they should rethink the question and begin to ask 'How can God not exist?' Do we honestly believe that we are here by sheer luck? From absolute nothing to *poof* here we are?? How arrogant to assume that we exist because of the luck of the draw!! I do not understand quantum physics and I will never claim to but I can not see how our universe could have been spontaneously created from absolutely nothing without a Greater Power initiating that creation. I do believe in the Big Bang Theory but I believe it is a result of the intervention of the Great Creator. I read a story by Piers Anthony that I believe truly bridged the gap between God and Science. The passage was in one of the books of his series the 'Incarnations of Immortality' I am afraid I do not remember exactly which book it was in but in the story, yes it was fiction, he confronted the question of how God created all that exists in seven days... well six if you are considering the fact that God rested on the seventh day. We humans try to grasp the concept of God creating the world in seven days but we can't comprehend it because it makes no sense... it seems an impossible assumption.... but if we stop to think.... God's time is different than ours.. why would He be limited or confined to our reference of time and days? Remember when He was creating the universe... our days did not exist yet so how can we assume then that a day for God is 24 hours? We can't. Perhaps one of God's days is a million years to us? Perhaps the stages in the creation of our world were only a few hours to God. Perhaps our entire existence has simply been a blink of the eye to God. When we stop to think that perhaps we are looking at it through the wrong filter and although Science explains the creation of our world along a certain path.... why do we assume that it was not by God's design? Why do scientists believe that because they can explain things scientifically that their explanations contradict the existence of God? Who do they think orchestrated physics, reality, the universe.... life? God did! Once we step back and look at creation in that manner we can begin to rationalize that yes it is possible. Not only is it possible it is true.

I believe that every thing that exists or ever will exist is by God's Design. If we are to believe that our universe exists simply by spontaneous creation then why don't we see things in our world spontaneously appearing now? In the video Stephen Hawking also stated that before the Big Bang there was nothing... no time... no universe ... nothing. How can nothing just become the universe we live in?? I'm not buying that! The spark of life was ignited by a greater power. My belief is that the hand of God was the initiating, controlling and determining factor.

  

Another question that arose from the creation of my post was do I believe the Universe will grant my wishes simply because I want it. Well, actually in part yes I suppose I do. The reason I believe that what I want will come to me is the fact that I believe that we are in control of our own realities. That our experiences are subjective to our mind sets, our filters. If we anticipate negativeness then that is what we will see, feel, receive and create for our world. If we anticipate positiveness then we will see, feel, receive and create positive experiences in our lives. I suppose it is a matter of perspectives.

“Remember, you see in any situation what you expect to see.” ― David Schwartz

In my post 'You are Your Thoughts' I sent out my wish for the Universe to grant me a modified wheelchair van for my son. Well... we actually had a van but it was parked in the backyard because it had a transmission leak and the air conditioning was not working. Since creating that post my husband has fixed the transmission and the air conditioning. My van is now running and we will be taking it to Colorado. Two days after I published the post my husband received a phone call from one of his friends telling him they knew of someone who had a wheelchair ramp. Today my van is running and we are several steps closer to having it modified. Now... was that the Universe responding to my command, my request? Was it the power of suggestion? Did my husband see my request and did that initiate him to take the steps to make my desire a reality? or was it mere coincidence? 

"Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous." ~ Albert Einstein

When you glimpse the pattern in the tapestry of life remember there are no coincidences and all things are by design. You may call it whatever you like... the Universe... Fate... Destiny... Karma... Quantum Mechanics... but when things line up just right and I get a glimpse of the pattern I call it a God thing. As God is everything... God is Fate... God is Destiny... God is the pattern... God is the Universe. If you can't see that try changing your filter.

 “ The question is not what you look at, but what you see. ” ― Henry David Thoreau

~ Sharon