God is a Decision

God is a decision
to embrace the good in me and in others
God is a force, a spirit, a choice, a verb
I do God
by bringing love to every situation
God is love
God is the essence of being
God is the ultimate mystery
God is the ultimate reality
God is not up there somewhere controlling everything
God loves me into existence
I do nothing to deserve God’s love
God just loves me
To know God, I give myself away
Do, then know -- not know, then do
I am a creature on a journey
I am happy to be a creature
It is good to be a creature
I reflect the image and likeness of God
My response to the love of God is love
I love God by loving my neighbor
My neighbor is anyone I encounter
My neighbor is anyone with whom I have a relationship
– close, distant, direct or indirect
In God I find peace in chaos, light in darkness, without denying reality
The evolving human species has just been born
I exist therefore I am loved
I am saved in this world
I let God worry about the next
I am part of God’s life
God’s love is the true drink
If I love, God lives in me
I bloom where I am planted
I pray for guidance and strength
God is revealed in Buddha, Krishna, Mohammed,
the Law and the Prophets and other spiritual teachings
God is revealed in Jesus
Jesus is the word of God (love) made flesh
Jesus is love (the word of God) incarnate
Jesus gives himself away, fully, without reserve
Jesus is love - the bread of life
Jesus gives himself away so that I may be nourished
Jesus is the example of how to live
What did Jesus teach? That is the question
Love as Jesus loves and all will be well
I try to do my best – that is all I can do
My soul is all that I am and all that I will become
My soul will exist after my body ceases
I will not be surprised by what follows this life
I will die – am I afraid to die?
Yes, but I know God will take care of me

--Anthony Cerminaro