tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224963775785571380.post427766390880690582..comments2023-09-22T18:46:11.095+10:00Comments on Born Still: The Place of Religion In All ThisStephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12514820531358202837noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224963775785571380.post-35079248300754272022010-09-28T15:01:17.880+10:002010-09-28T15:01:17.880+10:00Stephanie, I love the way you write so onenly [ if...Stephanie, I love the way you write so onenly [ if openly is a word.] I always thought, as I know others do too, to talk about God, Religion and Politics is taking a risk with the listener, but you say it as it is and how you feel so honestly... you just put it out there.<br />When I first read The Place In Religion In All This, tears sprung to my eyes as you are hurting so much. I already knew that you were but somehow I could not write then, but feel I can now.<br />Everyone has their own beliefs of God, my belief is, God Is Love, and that he must have had a very good reason for taking Sybella into his care. That he loves you all as a family the same as he loves Sybella, and always will and that Sybella is in the most safest loving place possible.<br />I also like to think God is everywhere, that he is all around us and that he is in us all, in everything we see that is good, in the freshness of the early morning, through our day, in the different lights of dusk and in the dark of the night and in all of nature, maybe that is why we feel good and more at peace when we are with nature doing things that come natually, that don't cost the earth in the way of money.<br />I believe, that he, or she, or whatever we call or know as God is with Sybella right now and like the mystery of God, will always be... that he with Sybella surround you.<br />Lucky Sybella.Carmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492567049305909836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4224963775785571380.post-85784682121619735892010-09-24T09:56:51.372+10:002010-09-24T09:56:51.372+10:00So much of what you just wrote is very similar to ...So much of what you just wrote is very similar to what I think/feel/believe but I do not identify with Christianity. I believe in a spiritual plane that some people may call heaven and I believe in divinity but I experience those things differently to people who believe in one God in Heaven. I think that it often takes a big event for most people to question their beliefs and for some the answer will be an affirmation of what they already believed while for others it will turn them away from previous beliefs, such as those who maintain anger at God for allowing atrocities to happen. For me, my spiritual beliefs have been affirmed since Kat died. I feel that she and my mum are together and it brought me some small comfort to think that my mum has a grandchild with her now. She had always wanted to be a Grandma and died exactly 6 months before her first grandchild was born. Your comment about God being able to handle your anger reminded me of the poem Footprints. While I don't think in terms of God and Jesus I do feel that we have guardians who help carry us through these times when all we can cope with is breathing because anything else is just too hard.jenmmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05279876309415052832noreply@blogger.com