My Experience of God

I have neither seen God with my eyes nor heard Him with my ears in all my 31 years of being a Catholic and being active in church ministries. But I have sure experienced Him:o)

Well, to be frank, it's not always a feel-great kind of experience. It started with fear (of hell), then reverence (of His Power), gratitude (for His Sacrifice), love (of His unconditional Love), doubt (of His existence), even rebellion (against His commandments), repentance (of my sins), then back to fear, and the cycle begins again...

Each cycle brings me closer to Him and in all my experiences, an indescribable Peace surrounds me, shielding me against Emptiness, Despair and Discontentment. Indeed, the human heart will ever be incomplete and restless till God moves in.

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