What is God Like

   What is God like........


   "Faith is of two kinds: nominal and real. The nominal faith is faith that accepts what it is told and can quote text after text to prove it. But there is another kind of faith: it is faith that depends upon the character of God". ---A.W Tozer



     I am in no way a theologian. In many ways over the last year I have struggled to find my way. I grew up in a church pew and rarely missed a Sunday or Wednesday night at church. Over the years I really do believe my faith has grown and I have learned a lot about what is in the Bible. Today though....... for the first time ever, I came across a question that stopped me in my tracks.    
                            What is God like?  
   
     My firt reaction when I saw this question was a little kid about 3 years old asking me this question.  My next thought was how Jesus told us we needed to be like little children when we come to him. How Jesus always had a place for kids. A raw and honest question. Who is God? What is his character? Who is God to you? 

   I have wrestled with this question a lot today. It made me feel vulnerable and dig a little deeper into my thoughts. I don't know if I will be able to really convey in words the answer to this question but here is my honest try at this question. 


What God is like: Silly and humerous. Just look at a giraffe and duck bill platypus. He is the one who helps you laugh at the sillest of things. Wether finding a funny word like, bodacious(yep I can spell) or seeing the silly duckling in the pond trying to figure out how to catch a fish. The creative mind of silly faces and blowing raspberries to create a comic relief to a really sucky moment. He is right there laughing with you and bringing joy to a moment that stretches across your face. 

God is like: The calm in the storm. He is right there in the middle of it with you. Giving you a deep breath and a clear mind. He is the calm and peace when the world is literally on fire around you. He is there. He sees your panic and just takes a deep breath. Then you take a deep breath. 

God is like: Protector. Lying in bed in the dark he sends his angels and tells the devil to @*#$% off. Then he sits there and stays there in the fear and uncertain. He isn't leaving. Nothing will pull him away from being there with you. 

God is like: Gentle and a calm hug. You can crawl up into his lap and he will just rock you and hold you tight. ( I am pretty sure God has the bomb diggity of rocking chairs) He cries with you. He holds you. He is there. He sees the sorrow. He feels the sorrow. He doesn't leave. 

God is like: He's a big boy. He can take your anger and hate. You can pound your fists at him. You can yell at him. You can call him every name in the book. You can think he left you. You can think he enjoys seeing you suffer. He can take it. The amazing part is through it all He still loves you and he isn't going anywhere. 

God is like: Light. The light that shines when everything is dark. The little light that burns bright when you think there is nothing left in this world to live for anymore. The light of hope. When you are beaten up and dripping sweat He is the light that keeps burning. 

God is like: A rescuer. He scoops you up off the ground and carries you. He creates a way. He brings in the full calvary. He has a plan and it is perfect. 

God is like: A healer. He sees the wounds. He sees the work that needs to be done. Through time and his miracles, he heals. 

  In my lifetime I have seen up in person the character of God. I have a whole image and picture of God sitting with me or being there with me. Wether it's when I am riding in the back of an ambulance. Laying in my bed at night or just riding in my truck. I have cried and yelled on mountain tops with him. He has sat down beside me on the curb outside the hospital. He has held me close on the floor of the bathroom. He has sent his angle to guard my house at night. He has stood in my house as I lay on the couch barely able to funtion and forgotten he was there. 
God is like no one I have ever known or met. I catch glimpses of him daily. There is no one like him. 

   " I am who I am". Exodus 3: 14

For the longest time I would always get frustrated with how God spoke of himself in Exodus. Oddly enough ,for once, this kind of makes sense. He is God. God's character.......to truly understand who God is, is something I am excited to learn more about. It has been fun and pretty amazing to see how much God has shown me of himself. How much I have missed. 

    What is God like? 

Would love to hear your story and what God is like.