"How can I believe in God when I can't even see Him?"
To you I ask,
Do you believe in love? Do you believe in joy? Do you believe in miracles? These are things that you cannot see. Everything right in front of you is all of the proof you will ever need. God has painted the sky with colors. He's brought joy and peace and love into this world.
I would like to share with you just one of the many miracles God has showed me to prove He is always there: (This happened not but many months ago)..
I grew up in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Not only did I have one family, but I had two! The Gonzalez' were our next door neighbors and they had a daughter named Jasmine. Ever since we met, we have been best friends. I basically grew up and lived in their house. I would have sleepovers on school nights there and come home from school to there house. At the time, my parents owned a business, so going to their house was like a safe haven, and I felt like I was really a part of a family. They believed in God, but not really like my family did. It was the typical, go to church on sundays do good deeds religion. But that didn't matter to me at the time because I did not even truly know God yet. At the age of six, I got a little brother. Nothing changed though, I was still a part of their family. But three years later my parents sat me down and shared the news with me that my brother had autism and we would be moving to Orlando. My heart sank into my stomach. I would be leaving my best friend.... But I didn't have a choice. I still remember the day our car officially left the house. As it passed my second home that I grew up in, I couldn't help but cry. I felt like I was leaving my family. But life moved on after that. I never really talked with Jasmine, although i would always think about her. As my relationship with God grew stronger, I womdered how she was with God. Eventually, she found me on facebook! We started talking and as I looked at pictures, I could tell she wasn't the same Jasmine that I knew before. She had changed, not in the way I had planned. After that we would talk ocasionally, things just weren't the same. Not too long after that I found a news paper on the counter. My parents informed me that Jasmine was in the newspaper.. she submerged her car. Immediately I began to cry. As I read this, the tears started to turn into tears of joy:
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/07/28/good-samaritans-rescue-broward-teen-from-submerged-car/
I will forever thank God for saving my best friend. This is one of the many amazing things He's shown me. I find that even when I stray away as far as possible from God, He is always right there saying, "I'm still with you. Just take the time to look around and believe.."
"God is in the sadness and the laughter, in the bitter and the
sweet. There is a divine purpose behind everything; and
therefore a divine presence in everything."
-Neale Donald Walsch
