Michael Z's Weekly Quote
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Michael Z's Weekly Quote
January 7, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Trying to understand God just makes His job harder."
I can't tell you how much time I've spent trying to figure out who or what God is. I've spent years trying to understand the Catholic God I was raised with, and more years trying to define God from a philosophical perspective, then years denying the whole idea of God by becoming an agnostic and even a part time atheist. It seemed the more I tried to understand God, the further away from Him I got.
Even in early recovery I tried to figure God out - this time through the 'open assignment' of defining a God of my own understanding. You can imagine how that went. I thought about, analyzed and tried once again to understand who or what God was. After a while I grew just as despondent and felt just as far away as before. And that's when I finally surrendered.
Once I gave up trying to understand God and instead looked at the evidence of God's presence in my life, I began to develop a knowing that went beyond understanding. Suddenly I just knew that a force was working miracles in my life, that it was always available to me, and that it would never let me down.
This knowing is what I now call faith, and now I understand why trying to figure God out just makes His job harder...
All the best.
Bob R
Quote of the Week
"Trying to understand God just makes His job harder."
I can't tell you how much time I've spent trying to figure out who or what God is. I've spent years trying to understand the Catholic God I was raised with, and more years trying to define God from a philosophical perspective, then years denying the whole idea of God by becoming an agnostic and even a part time atheist. It seemed the more I tried to understand God, the further away from Him I got.
Even in early recovery I tried to figure God out - this time through the 'open assignment' of defining a God of my own understanding. You can imagine how that went. I thought about, analyzed and tried once again to understand who or what God was. After a while I grew just as despondent and felt just as far away as before. And that's when I finally surrendered.
Once I gave up trying to understand God and instead looked at the evidence of God's presence in my life, I began to develop a knowing that went beyond understanding. Suddenly I just knew that a force was working miracles in my life, that it was always available to me, and that it would never let me down.
This knowing is what I now call faith, and now I understand why trying to figure God out just makes His job harder...
All the best.
Bob R
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When I analyse and question my brain closes in on itself but when I just allow the possibility of a higher power without too much conscious thought, my mind opens up and I notice things. It's a lot easier that way at the mo.
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[QUOTE=2granddaughters;3758415]January 7, 2013
Quote of the Week
"Trying to understand God just makes His job harder."
Hey who is Michael Z, Does he know deek?
Quote of the Week
"Trying to understand God just makes His job harder."
Hey who is Michael Z, Does he know deek?
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