And this is what our lives come down to. You are in one of two categories based on this one thing.
Or so says Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis.
You either do BELIEVE or do NOT believe...
in God.
With Freud...it was denial til the day he died...or so it seemed. Goodness, if we know what someone admits or denies in their last breath of life...
but the point is, Freud chose to live the majority of his life in disbelief in a higher power/being that could possibly love him for him...
and the truth is...THAT should make us sad.
I'm not sitting over here sad about Freud's soul (not my call)...I'm sad about a life that missed out on knowing the source of Love. Would anything have been able to change that?
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So let's play this out: Say Freud is alive and standing right in front of you...with all his psychoanalysis papers in his hand, all his success displayed by plaques, certificates, and medals screaming his achievements on the walls.
He looks at you, you alone, somehow with his guard down and simply asks...
"Why do you believe in God?"
Do you quote the Bible? Do you quickly invite him to your church? Do you try to get Freud to open his eyes and look around? Do you try to use psychological terms to explain God? Do you explain "God moments" that happened in your life? Does it really just come down to "faith"? Explaining to him that you honestly, CAN'T prove it to him? I mean, come on, even people long ago looked Jesus in the eye and didn't believe Him...
So what do you DO? How would you answer him??
After lots of thinking...and questioning, and praying...and searching...and praying some more...all I've really come up with is this....not necessarily what works best, or what God wants everyone to say...BUT...I would look at Freud(or anyone who asks that question) and say...
"Seek Him out for yourself. Go looking for God. Continually search for Him. Don't be afraid to ask Him questions. He can handle those. And let yourself WANT to find Him. Then tell me why you do or still don't believe in God. Then maybe you'll know my answer."
They say for most of Freud's life he searched to find PROOF that there could not be a god. What a hard goal to make out of life...
If he had actually searched FOR God...do you think he would not have found who and what he was looking for??
Its just a challenge. Everyone has their reasons why they "do NOT" believe in God. Which makes them who they are...and God knows that too. But I say, WHY NOT seek out God? See what YOU find...I feel like that's the best part of life here...you can find God more and more everywhere you go...through people you meet...through what you read...through stories you hear...through creation all around us. God speaks...when you seek and listen, and stay open to THE God who loves the whole world and You. FOR you.
------God is good-------
