Guilt and God

Raised in the church?
A lot of us were.
Some of us are still involved
in the church of our childhood.
Others have changed...
congregations, denominations,
even to a different faith.
And those outside the rooms
of recovery share these views...
all of them. So, when we speak
of the God of our understandingsome...many...feel a stab of guilt.
That may seem a stumbling block,
an immovable obstacle,
a deal stopper. We know.
For many of us, it was...for a while.
But we've learned a big secret.The source of the grief is not God.God is love. God is accepting.
God is welcoming. God understands.
God welcomes our redefining him,
not like the god of our childhood,
not like the god imposed from without.
God welcomes your exploration,
your discovery, your understanding,
your coming to find you have a real need
for God...as you understand him!