Hey God, Where Are You?
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“In the beginning all things were made by Him; and without Him was not anything made that was made.” God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good? Not just good, but very good. God was pleased with all He had created, and now he was going to rest and enjoy it.
Moses believed that “we have corrupted ourselves.” Corrupt, which means ‘altered from the original.’ The original was the good creation that God was pleased with; and since that creation was the first, it was the original. Moses is telling us, that we somehow have corrupted things and things are no longer like the original. Moses believed man also corrupted the original God.
If Moses is right, how did we corrupt ourselves? Well, one of the ancient writers wrote, ‘man sought out many inventions.” The word invention means, ‘thought.’ Was it then mans thoughts, that corrupted God and his good creation? Did we corrupt God and ourselves through our thoughts? Is that what Moses meant? Did man’s thinking change the original God and his original creation?
Ancient Joshua, like Moses, warned us, “put away the god which your fathers served; for where is he to be accounted?” This god of the fathers was the god that knew good and evil. This god of the fathers believes in sin, sickness and death for his creation. Later Paul tells us, “you are not of the flesh…” If we are not to have the god we know and we are not of the flesh; who then is God and what are we?
We have been told by Jeremiah that “we have walked after the imaginations of our own heart.” Imagination is defined as ‘mental pictures of something not real or present.’ Jeremiah understood our imagination corrupted us and changed the original God and His creation. He also told us, “neither harken to your dreams... dreams which you have caused to dream.” A dream is a series of ‘images in thought.’ A ‘daydream.’ When we experience a daydream, we are being absorbed in those images. Is it our daydream that keeps us absorbed in thoughts about an unreal god and his creation?
Paul like Jeremiah believed that, “we became vain in our imaginations,” vain with our mental pictures of something not real or present and he told us to “cast down all your imaginations.” Cast down all your mental images. Paul understood vain translated to ‘conceit’ and conceit is, ‘having too high an opinion of ones ability.’ Man did become vain and conceited by believing his ‘self’ created mental pictures were reality. By man believing in his own ability, man corrupted the original God and His creation. This seems likely since the god of mankind is so much like us.
We are told God created all creation for His glory. Glory means ‘enjoyment.’ We look out at our world and we see sin, sickness, death and every imaginable horror possible. Did you ever wonder why God would create us in His image and likeness only to have us lame or blind, sick and sinning? Where is our Godwhen disasters strike? Where is God when planes crash or children are kidnapped? Where is the God people worship when wars exist and famines spread?
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The earth was void and without form. It is from the Void God created. God saw all He had made, and behold it was very good. God then rested, very pleased with all He had created.
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Later we are told a mist went up from the earth. A mist is something that 'conceals.' Why would God want to conceal or prevent His very good creation from being seen?
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Once the mist is in place we find that God, or someone or something decided to redo the creation that God was originally pleased with. This time the story tells us, "The lord God formed man of the dust of the ground."
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Looking at the word dust we find it means 'confusion,' and 'something of no worth.' Since confusion means 'without order or sense,' the question is, why would God want to recreate man without order and sense, and from something of no worth?
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This is not so much about religion as it is in understanding what the ancient writers were trying to tell us. Understanding may make you question your religious beliefs along with your whole life's purpose and what you have been calling your reality. You may find, "We are prisoners of our minds and we are confined within it."
About the Author
Barbara was always on the religious side but never took it too seriously until she began seeing her young son do miraculous healings. His healings were quick and complete. It was at that time she decided to go in search of how they were possible.
During her years of searching for a God she could not understand why God would not make His Presence known. Over these years she became determined to find a way to a God that was REAL. To a God that she could make contact with. It made sense to her that if there were a God, then He/ IT should be able to be contacted.
She studied many religious teachings, with each one leading her on to where she is today; with no religion; but now she feels she has understanding of a real and available God with no religion behind It.
It was through those years of intense studying of many the religions, and following new scientific reports and theories on Consciousness,’ along with years and years of note taking that has led to this very book. The purpose she hopes, will help others find a different way of thinking about God. She feels this book will offer anyone who should pick it up, a fresh, completely unique way to a very available God.
Hey God, Where Are You is FRESH in its approach to finding an available God. It is EXCITING as the reader begins to understand why they have not been able to find nor make contact with God. Each and every page will make the reader stop and think.