for me

Sunday April 27th, Acts 17: 22 So Paul, standing before the council, addressed them as follows: “Men of Athens, I notice that you are very religious in every way, 23 for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: ‘To an Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about. 24 “He is the God who made the world and everything in it. Since he is Lord of heaven and earth, he doesn’t live in man-made temples, All too often we hear the rhetoric of one religion or another saying they have the truth for all of humanity, and if everyone would only just believe the way they do they would be saved. On the other hand, if they do not believe the way they do, well, get the asbestos suit ready. Paul on the other hand recognizes the spiritually yearning of those he meets and calls them to consider his vision of God. God comes to us all in many ways. For me, the Grace of the Lutheran emphasis fits who I am. For others it may be some other form of expression. Instead of God being either/or I think that God is both/and. Lutheran is right for me, Judaism for you, Islam for someone else. Is there more than one God with a capital G. There are more than enough small g gods that fill our lives; all the variations of the capital G just show the vastness and diversity of God’s love.