I have been reading about mythology and philosophy. There’s something special about God. The only way to truly understand God is to reach a state beyond, a transcendence beyond our physical world and everything we know. The reason is that while God is everywhere and within everything, He is also beyond all things as well.
He created the universe, but the universe holds everything. Therefore, God exists beyond that. He is the ultimate paradox. To be perfectly honest, I don’t think it is possible for me to reach that state of transcendence very often in my lifetime. On an intellectual sense, I can understand it. I can philosophize about it, but I know there have only been a very few moments in my life when I have felt the touch of God. I remember that those moments came when I became aware of my own mortality. It wasn’t that I was going to die; I just felt a distinct change in my outlook on life because I could understand that someday I would die.
I remember hearing once that Mother Theresa felt like she didn’t experience God much in her later years, but she also didn’t lose faith in Him. I have considered this idea for several years and I believe it happens that way for many people of faith. When I was young, I really didn’t understand that someday I would die. When I was finally faced with moments where I had to face my own mortality, I experienced moments of transcendence. My life and my faith in God truly changed. Yet as I have grown older, I have grown more and more at peace with the idea of my mortality. I understand that whatever happens when I die, I am a part of God, and He is a part of me. There’s no reason to be afraid because even in death, God will never abandon me. I am still trying to have total faith in that idea, but I have faith that I will reach that peace when my time comes.
My faith saved me. May God’s peace reside in all of our hearts.
