Discovering God ♥ All-Powerful All-Wise

God has infinite power. He can do or make anything. He is almighty.

If someone asks, "Can he draw a square circle?" The answer is no because a square circle is not a something, it is a no-thing. It is a contradiction in terms. 

"Can God sin?" No. Like the square circle, sin is also a no-thing—a failure to obey God. God can do anything, but he does not do no-things. 

And just as he is Almighty, God is all-wise. Wisdom itself.  

He made all things, and planned everything out from the beginning. So who am I to question why he does the things he does, or allows the things he does?

And since God can do anything, and is wise enough to use that power, I can trust him. Something I need to keep reminding myself over and over again. 

I'll end this post with the lyrics of one of my favorite songs:

Better Than I
(from Joseph King of Dreams)

I thought I did what's right
I thought I had the answers
I thought I chose the surest road
But that road brought me here
So I put up a fight
And told you how to help me
Now just when I have given up
The truth is coming clear

Chorus 1:
You know better than I
You know the way
I've let go the need to know why
For You know better than I

If this has been a test
I cannot see the reason
But maybe knowing
I don't know is part of getting through
I tried to do what's best
But faith has made it easy
To see the best thing i can do
Is to put my trust in You.

Chorus 2
For, You know better than I
You know the way
I've let go the need to know why
For You know better than I

Coda:
I saw one cloud and thought it was a sky
I saw a bird and thought that I could follow
But it was You who taught that bird to fly
If I let You reach me
Will You teach me.
(Repeat Chorus )

For, You know better than I
You know the way
I've let go the need to know why
I'll take what answers you supply
You know better than I

Ref: The Faith Explained by Leo J. Trese

Discovering God ♥ Goodness Itself

Everything has its beginnings in God. All that is wise comes from God, all that is good comes from God. And so, for the sake of accuracy, we should not say, 'God is wise', but rather, 'God is Wisdom. Not 'God is Good', but 'God is Goodness'.

And because God is infinite, meaning limitless, there is no end to his perfections.

Some people might ask, "If God is so good, why does he allow so much sadness, so much suffering, and so much evil in the world?"

But one must remember that evil entered the world as a consequence of man's sin. It entered when Adam and Eve chose to know evil, by eating from the tree of knowledge. It was a choice, made possible by the gift of free will. And having given humanity this, 'God does not keep constantly stepping in to snatch back his gift of freedom'. 

And because of poor choices made by some, the innocent and good have to suffer. Even Jesus, the dearly beloved son of God, the sinless one, had to suffer and die. He who is more innocent than any of us... 

Although suffering is painful, it should not always be a thing to be scorned. Our sufferings offered up become beautiful and sweet smelling gifts that atone for the wrongs of our brothers and sisters while comforting the wounded hearts of Jesus and his Mother. It also brings us closer to God. So even bad things, can be turned to good if the heart is willing. Goodness himself allows it. 

Ref: The Faith Explained by Leo J. Trese

Discovering God ♥ A Beautiful Picture

If eternal happiness is to be in a perfect union with God—to be at one with him, it is only logical to want to know more about this person that we will forever united with in eternity. And who else has planted in our hearts the desire to know God, than the Lord himself.

How often do we think of the Lord as a romantic?

And yet he is the lover who lovingly leads his beloved on a journey of discovery where he reveals himself to her slowly but surely. And with every new insight he leaves behind, she will only fall more and more in love with him because she has found one more piece of the magnificent and beautiful picture of God. And while that 'picture' will be only truly be made whole in heaven, the more pieces she discovers, the clearer her vision of her lover will become. And she will yearn for him. 

It is that desire and love that will blossom into full realization when she is finally united with her lover in eternity. Hence, eternal happiness. 

God could of course reveal himself to us in one instant, and save us the trouble of trying to learn about him, along with the great risk that we never do... but that would take away all the anticipation, excitement and romance. 

And God is infinitely romantic.

"Let us love, then, because he first loved us." 1 John 4:19