heart longing

honeto wrote: Caringheart wrote: "There is a  lifestyle that means that secularism has overtaken the popularity of belief in our communities in Britain." Excellent statement! There are those who have a heart longing for God, and they find it in different faiths. [IMG]smileys/smiley27.gif" align="absmiddle" alt="Heart" /> CAringheart, you did not mention what you find as "Excellent" in that statement. And how can one find it in different faiths, when these different beliefs do not even agree with the very basic question of who God is? Hasan

Greetings Hasan,

I am glad you asked.

I think we're all born with a heart longing for God, don't you?  If we have that heart longing and we seek Him, then it is up to Him to reveal Himself to us, correct?

Why that statement meant so much to me is that, to me, it embodies how evil has its foothold in the world.  Societies used to have belief in a Higher power at their center... a belief that there was more to this life, and an expectation they had to live up to.

But belief is not a thing much supported in societies any more is it?  The prevalent 'life style' is free for all... do as you will... no longer God's will that is accepted.  Man has come to believe in himself alone.

I feel that if you(meaning any other person) are on a path that is seeking God,
and I am on a path seeking God,
and we are both submitted to His will as we know it,
then we are at least on the same plane,
we are seeking the same thing... to do good, and not evil, in this world.
After that it is a matter of definition of what serves good, and what serves evil.

But there are others who are only seeking to please themselves, fulfill their desires outside of God's will.  They do not even give consideration to what God may will, correct?  The 'popularity of belief' in our communities... belief that there is a Higher power that we must acquiesce to... has disappeared.  Belief is rather unpopular these days is it not?  I see this as the base of evil.  Isn't this what satan wanted from the beginning... for people to reject the words of God first given  to Adam and Eve, that they were to obey Him?

I feel like I rambled in trying to be clear.  Hope I made sense.

Salaam and blessings,
CH

Caringheart wrote: "There is a  lifestyle that means that secularism has overtaken the popularity of belief in our communities in Britain." Excellent statement! There are those who have a heart longing for God, and they find it in different faiths.