dailydatewithgod

For some reason many of us carry around this idea that God is watching and waiting for us to do wrong.  We took our experience of human authority figures and slapped the characteristics onto God.  Even if we were not inclined to do that as children, the adults around us shared with us their perception of God based on what they were told.  In all my years of religious education there was a part of me that wanted to raise my hand in the classroom and ask how the teachers knew that God was the way he was described.  They would point to stories in the bible and historical religious traditions but strangely left out the part about how all of these ideas came through humans. Therefore the human element will always be present in those interpretations. My question is why do we look to adults to be the image of God?  Even Jesus pointed to the children.  Children are open and loving, the believe in possibilities, they see the good in things, they take chances on interacting with others and make observations without editing themselves.  They look out for each other and they play.  Perhaps God is more like children. On my daily dates with God I have learned to reconnect with that open, playful, in the moment, full expressive part of myself that I had as a child.  Kind of makes you wonder, doesn’t it?  Maybe we could be pointing people to children when they ask what God is like. Then again, that idea came through me and I am a human adult. 😉