God Winks...

 

 

Belief in God MUST be taken as a matter of faith, not as a matter of provable fact.

And anyone who cares to open their eyes would find all the evidence needed for faith. Take my own experiences as an example.

As a homeless person in '91 I needed $5 to buy a suit at Goodwill for an interview. I certainly did not have $5. Instead, I went to the clothing room at the homeless shelter and got a pair of clean pants. In the pocket I found a $5 bill - exactly the amount I needed to buy the suit!

God winked...

My wife was told by two doctors that her multiple operations rendered her incapable of having children of her own. When she asked God if I was the right person for her, she got pregnant that very night (by me, of course).

God winked...

My Dad, born in 1898 went off to WWI in 1917, leaving his fiance behind until the war was over. After the war, she was gone, her family had moved away. In 1983 Dad was visiting my Mother's grave. A woman was across from him, visiting her husband's grave. She saw the last name on my mother's stone and asked if my father was related to the man she had been engaged to over 65 years earlier - it was her! It wasn't possible for such a one in a billion shot to happen, but it did!

God winked ...They finally married in 1985.

I tried quitting smoking for over 40 years to no avail. One night I prayed and asked God to help. I have not smoked since (it's been 17 years), and I have never suffered any withdrawal symptoms or any cravings!

God winked...

I can list dozens of such "coincidences". But I do not believe much in coincidence. Especially the convoluted ones that are so improbable. A coincidence is just God, winking...

Yes, I know these things do not prove there is a God. But that's the point - if God can be proved, faith would have no value. And that would make our "free will" rather pointless - if the existence of God could be proved, we would have no choice but to believe in Him. And then God would have a difficult time trying to figure out which of us are worthy because we CHOOSE to believe, and not because we had no choice.

Atheists also like to say they do not fear God because you cannot fear that which does not exist - which is precisely why they fear God more than believers do. You see, they cannot prove God does NOT exist any more than believers can prove He does. Since they cannot prove God does not exist, deep down they know that there is a possibility that He does. They BELIEVE He does not exist, but believing it does not make it a fact. Naturally, to any person spending their life denying God, the possibility He may actually exist scares the Hell out of them.

I fear God because I may not measure up. The atheist fears God because he doesn't even try.

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