Here’s a question I asked myself this morning. Did it originate in the heart of God, or my head? Big difference you know. BIG! Can one experience God without completely defining Him? It sounded like a good question until I meditated on it a bit more. Since God is infinite, the answer to the question has to be YES!
Then there’s the other side of that coin. The more we define God or characterize Him; and do so wrongly, the further we err, the further we go from Him.
I can experience God by just looking at some of His most incredible earthly creations. I can experience God in a sunset, a sunrise when it appears that the ball on the horizon is going to burn up our planet.
I can experience God in watching a dog give birth to a litter of puppies and without having been taught, instinctively take care of their every need until they can fend for themselves.
I think the real question that I was being asked was do I think more “intellectualization of God, will help me experience Him more? And my answer is probably not. Then there is this associated question.
How much time am I (you) spending “experiencing God” verses trying to learn more facts “about God“. That’s the bigger, more crucial question.
And your answer is? 
I believe there is such a vast chasm between the intellectualization of God and experiencing God. One is dead (intellectualizating) the other one LIFE (experiencing). My HOPE is that I’m experiencing and getting to KNOW Him more and more every single day. No matter how long it takes! I believe I KNOW HIM but I want HIM more and more! Every minute I am aware of HIM. I feel as though I could go on and on but know I need to cut this responnse short.
Thanks for the opportunity to say as few things on my heart (mind).
I experienced God last night. I was at WalMart and out of knowhere he began to speak. I stopped what I was doing, took out a peice of paper out and began to write.
I experienced God again this morning while waiting in the pick up line at Chick-Fil-A. How? I’m not sure, I looked out my car window and saw life in the plants and suddenly felt a deep connection with Him. The giver of life.
Then this afternoon while in a meeting I exsperienced Him as the veil of a coworker I had previously judged was pulled away for a moment. For that moment I saw incredilbe God given potential in that person.
I can’t explain any of these experiences. But I do know I had nothing to do with any. Each were unexpected as I went about my day. May each of us begin to experience this love that is in hot pursuit of us.
Thanks Barbara and CW!
The world would judge these comments with skepticism at lease and lunacy at worst. But, a eprson with an experience is not at the mercy of a person with an argument.