Does God Exist?

Have you ever experienced a complete lifestyle change? You probably have, but just haven’t thought about it as a change, because it may not have lasted very long before you were back to what was normal for you. Generally any amount of time spent away from home becomes a lifestyle change. Visiting a relative and staying in their house for a few days is compromising and intimidating, certainly out of the norm for you. Vacation or extended travel always brings about activities not natural to ones lifestyle. Well, that’s where my dad finds himself at the moment. He’s camped out at my house in limbo, awaiting decisions of new housing, without his familiar, comfortable furnishings and an unsure daily events schedule. He’s anxious to complete his change of lifestyle and get back to what comes natural to him. We all seek some sort of control over our daily living, but sometimes changes take time. Lord, grant me patience, NOW!
A little girl was sitting on her grandfather’s lap as he read her a bedtime story. From time to time she would take her eyes off the book and reach up to touch his wrinkled cheek. She began alternating between stroking her own cheek, then his again. Finally she spoke up, “Grandpa, did God make you?” “Yes indeed, sweetheart,” he answered, “God made me a long time ago.” “Oh,” she responded, and then asked, “Did God make me too?” “Yes, indeed, honey,” he said, “God made you just a little while ago.” Feeling their respective faces again she observed, “God’s getting better at it, isn’t He?”
[Psalm 27: 13-14] Is God ever before you in your daily activities? Do you see His works in the world around you? Do you believe all good things come from God? Do you believe good things come to those who wait on God? Or do you have a hard time even believing that God exists? A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about several things on a wide variety of subjects. When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said, “I don’t believe that God exists…” “Why do you say that?” the customer asked. “Well”, began the barber, “You just have to go out into the street to realize that God doesn’t exist. Tell me. If God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be no suffering and pain. I can’t imagine loving a God who would allow all these things.” The customer thought for a moment, but didn’t respond not wanting to start an argument with a man holding a pair of scissors. The barber finished and the customer left the shop. Just outside the barbershop on the street, he saw a man with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back and re-entered the barbershop. He said to the barber, “You know what? Barbers do not exist!” “How can you say that?” asked the surprised barber. “I’m here, I’m a barber and I just worked on you!” “No!! the customer exclaimed. “Barbers don’t exist, because if they did, there would be no people with long, dirty hair and untrimmed beards like the man standing outside your door.” “Ahhh, but barbers do exist!” reasoned the barber. “What happens is, people do not come to me.” “The point, exactly!” affirmed the customer. “God does exist! What happens is, people don’t go to Him and do not look for Him. That’s why there’s so much suffering and pain in the world today.” Can I get an Amen?