I have a hard time with the concept of God. I was not brought up in a religious family. I believe there is something beyond myself, but I just dont know how to think of it or experience it.
I was brought up in family where God was portrayed as judgmental and punishing. I cant even hear the word God without feeling anxious. How am I supposed to open to God when I believe that God is controlling?
How can I believe in God when there are so many bad things that happen to people? If there really is a God, then why does He let these things happen?
God as a man just does not work for me. The men in my life have been mostly angry and controlling. I dont feel safe opening to a male god.
These are a few of the many comments I hear from my clients as I work with helping them open to a personal source of spiritual guidance.
The New Testament is very clear regarding what God is:
John 4:24
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
1 John 4:8
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
1 John 4:16
God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him....