Before I begin, I’d love ❤️ to hear your thoughts about this question-How would you answer this question ? Question # 4 In an attempt to be clear on what you do believe, write your own creed.
I believe God is the supreme being of unconditional love who lives and moves and has his being in all of creation.
I believe this being is a mystery beyond our current comprehension. I believe this entity that I have grown up calling God is a relational being who permeates every aspect of creation. I believe he ( forgive me but I’m use to using this pronoun) is all loving and all truth. I believe that all people are equal and welcome in his sight and in his embrace.
I believe Jesus came to earth to teach us a way of truth and love. I believe he is a part of a trinity, as is so much of life around us. I do not believe nor can I accept that the part of this relational trinity often labeled Father, required a horrific death experience for Jesus in order to appease Him and make up for our past sinfulness. What loving Father would ever require this of his beloved Son? I believe Jesus was crucified because he spoke out against the injustices and lack of love he saw around him. This did not bode well with the powers that be. They tried to silence his message but failed and they crucified him because they felt they couldn’t contain him any other way. It didn’t really work because his message of love had already spread and had gotten into the minds and hearts of so many people that he continued to live and move and have his being in them. This indwelling Christ uses our hands and feet and minds and hearts to continue the process of bringing the kingdom ( kin-dom )of God to earth as it is in heaven.
And speaking of heaven I honestly don’t really know what that is and wonder if anyone really knows. Maybe this Heaven is beginning to take shape as our consciousness evolves and we converge and unite and progress to a place of beloved community where the needs of others are truly as important as our own- a place of peace and love. Maybe that’s what it means when we say, “ thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth 🌍 as it is in Heaven”
The following is the Statement of Faith of the Upper Room Community in the Capital District of NY State.
Statement of Faith:
We believe in the Holy One, a divine mystery
beyond all definition and rational understanding,
the heart of all that has ever existed,
that exists now, or that ever will exist.
We believe in Jesus, messenger of the Divine Word,
bringer of healing, heart of Divine compassion,
bright star in the firmament of the Holy One's
prophets, mystics, and saints.
We believe that We are called to follow Jesus
as a vehicle of divine love,
a source of wisdom and truth,
and an instrument of peace in the world.
We believe in the Spirit of the Holy One,
the life that is our innermost life,
the breath moving in our being,
the depth living in each of us.
We believe that the Divine kin-dom is here and now,
stretched out all around us for those
with eyes to see it, hearts to receive it,
and hands to make it happen.
