Comments on Nov. 11 continued

Seems to me, most people like the justice aspect of God's nature (Psalm 72- He shall spare the poor and needy etc) especially my left wing friends(whom I love and believe in very much). It is a whole lot more difficult to accept that God has some moral standards that He expects us to follow. What we fail to see is that our free choice (which our Father God has given us) to follow whatever moral code we like may actually be very detrimental to our families, societiety and nation. Drugs, STDS, divorce, prostitution, pornography are just a few of the social problems that have plagued us as we have chosen actions far from God.

We seem to believe that if we would come to God, He would take away all our fun and put us in some legalistic straight jacket. That deeply saddens me, because the idea is so prevalent. God does call us to a higher level, but only because He wants the very best for us. We are like spoilt children who want everything (especially sex) right away.

I can't help but comment that some have a hard time with me calling God a He, and to be honest I do understand. Humans-male and female, however, are created in the image of God, to me that means God must have what we have deemed "feminine qualities" as well as masculine qualities. God is not some masculine, chauvinistic, patriarchal God. Human religion has done this to how we approach and see God. I believe we call God "He" because it is a metaphor/picture for God's love for us people. He calls us His bride and He is the bridegroom. There's supposed to be such a high level of intimacy and love between the Creator and people that it's like a husband and wife. Have we messed up that picture or what (no wonder God gets upset with our sexual immorality- we're messing with his most beautiful picture)? Could you imagine if men and women would get this picture right? God calls men to love women just like Jesus did. Jesus laid down His entire life and bled for people. That's love. And all I know is, as a woman I would have no problem respecting and loving a husband in whatever way he needed if he acted like Jesus Christ. If both spouses lived and loved like this we would have some unbelievable, lasting marriages!