My God

My God doesnt exclude anybody. From what I hear, he used to hang out with prostitutes, criminals and outcasts. His best friends were all uneducated and poor. He challenged all of the establishments of his day, and the principles he taught fly in the face of all the establishments that exist today. He taught that not even the brightest among us really knows that much, so we should never judge, despite what we think we may know. A lot of people make all types of rules, just as the establishments and leaders did in his day, but he taught me all that really matters is love, and if we strive to have good intentions, and act with love towards one another, we will find our way. He told me that he made me in his image, and so I know as a father myself, he would never exclude any of his children. He gave to me and all of his children a precious gift: that like him, I have been given my own will, and the ability to create. I know he wants me to do good with these gifts, to create a better world for all of my brothers and sisters in humanity ... for only in each other can we find ourselves. My only hope is that I can be like him.

“Love is your life, your friend, your relative, your food and your everything. Heart that is filled with love can never be polluted. Love is nectarine. Once you fill it in your heart, the poison of evil will have no place in it.” Sri Sathya Sai Baba

"World travel and getting to know clergy of all denominations has helped mold me into an ecumenical being. We're separated by theology and, in some instances, culture and race, but all that means nothing to me any more." Billy Graham

"[He would like to be remembered most for] Groundhog Day, ... As cynical as I like to pretend I am, I have a deep philosophical and spiritual side. I think everyone harbors a craving for meaning in life, and the movie, without being cloying or embarrassing, asserts the possibility of redemption through meaning. Every single religion and psychological discipline has claimed the movie as what they believe. I love that. It makes it an ecumenical movie." Bill Murray

“God will not ask you when and where you did service? He will ask, with what motive did you do it? What was the intention that prompted you? You may weigh the service and boast of its quantity. But God seeks quality - the quality of heart, the purity of mind, the holiness of motive.” ... "Creeds, ritual, religion and different theologies are all derived from man’s yearning for the vast Reality beyond - and flow in the thousand different forms, fertilizing many fields, calming many communities, refreshing tired people and, at last, carrying people to the ocean of Bliss.” Sri Sathya Sai Baba

“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world. For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me.’ Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’ And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters,^[f you were doing it to me." Matthew 25:34-40