My thought for today is God as you understand Him. When Ebby was talking to the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous way back in 1935, he said, in reference to the teachings of the Oxford Groups of that time, "You choose your own conception of God." So, you don't have to pretend to believe in something you don't, you believe in something that you are comfortable with. In my beginnings of belief in God, I did not have much of a conception of who or what God was. I knew it wasn't me. That was a good start. Over time, I established a relationship with God. I had what William James the psychologist referred to as the educational type of a spiritual awakening. My concept of God grew into the understanding of God that I now have which isn't much different than the conventional God of my upbringing. What you choose to believe, that's up to you. That's why they say God as you understand God. It doesn't need to make sense to me just as what I believe in doesn't need to make sense to you. The important part is that I do believe.
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