A Question Worth Thinking About

How Do You View God?

Recently was this question proposed to me. It took me by surprise even though it shouldn't be that surprising of a question. How many people can honestly say they have answered this question whether it be to themselves or to someone whom has asked it? Until the other day, I had never been asked nor had I asked myself this question. Now, yes I know who my God is and what he means to me and how I think he views us based upon his word, but how do i view him? This question was asked after my question if total surrender was a one time thing where you do it and hope you don't mess up or if it is a daily thing. Lately I've been struggling with the total surrendering. I can say I do but somehow I always pick those things up again. I was beginning to feel like a failure. After being asked the question of how I view God, my response was in context to that subject. I said I see him as a God who is understanding that we are only human and that he has created us to need him. God knows we can't do anything without him and he designed us that way because he wants to have a relationship with him. I see God as someone who is compassionate on his people and will time and time again pick us up. He will never leave us no matter the situation and he will love us unconditionally. Now after answering i began questioning again. Could totally surrendering be like asking forgiveness? We know we must constantly ask forgiveness and mercy for we all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. So if it is like forgiveness, then it's okay to fail and ask God to pick us back up, right? That made me feel at ease.

We all struggle at some point in our life. Some more than others. I know I tend to struggle with the most simple things, mainly because I'm an over-analyzer. Although I'm working on getting better at the over-analyzing part, I have to come to terms with myself and with knowing that I'm not perfect nor anywhere close and it's okay to fail. Failure is a good thing. If we didn't fail, what would we learn? If there were no mistakes, how could we feel love and mercy from our creator?

So after all is said and done, "How Do You View God?"