I Believe In God

Now as most know, I am not what one would call an overly religious person.  However, being raised by a Pentacostal preacher from the time I was 10 or so (which is when my dad got religion), I still do believe in all the things I was taught:

I believe there IS God.

I believe in Heaven.

I also believe there is Satan.

I also believe there is a Hell.

And I believe that a person is going to one or the other. 

When something bad happens, you always hear people say  "Why did God do that? ", or "If there really is a God, how can that happen?"  And people blame God for whatever the incident was.  I do believe that God lets things happen, maybe to see what faith the person has or how they handle it.  Who can really say?  However,  I also believe that Satan, who is quite the adversary, and very powerful himself, makes all kinds of evil in this world, and he should be getting the blame instead of God.  But for some reason, people are quick to blame God first, and you never even hear them say anything about the devil. 

Which brings to mind a quote that a friend of mine said on Facebook the other day, and I was like Bingo! That makes so much sense!  I don't know if he made it up or if it's a quote by someone else, but this was how it went:

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."

 

I just love this quote because it is so true.  Again, when something horrible happens, you never hear people blame Satan.  No, it's somehow always God's fault.  Even a lot of Christians will blame God for bad things, and somehow forget how powerful Satan can be, and try to shake your trust in the Lord. 

 

I will say that even after Nicole's accident, I never, ever, ever even thought about blaming God.  Do I think Satan had a hand in it?  Oh yes, definitely.  But God had nothing to do with it.  And He has had nothing to do with anything bad that's happened in my life either.  Have I ever questioned Him about them?  Sometimes, but more like, why?  But of course the answer is simple: Satan.  Trying to shake me up, make me not believe. 

 

But I've got news for him.   I may not go to church often,  or pray a lot, but I do have faith in God.  And the devil is NEVER going to change that.

 

BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN GOD.