Today I'd like to invite you in, for a discussion about the waves in which our belief in God changes, grows or transforms. I'd love for you to share your thoughts with me once you've had a read
If your belief in God has changed over time then today's conversation about #Deconstruction and my walk with God is for you! 
Have the shifts in your belief caused you guilt or anxiety?
My cartoon and this thread about The Four Gods Of #Deconstruction show you the 4 stages of my belief in God may help unpack those feelings.
My cartoon and this thread about The Four Gods Of #Deconstruction show you the 4 stages of my belief in God may help unpack those feelings.
The Jealous God who tolerated no competition and demanded 100% loyalty. Who would get angry if I didn’t obsess 24/7.
I believed what God dictated, according to "approved" theology.
Total domination of my soul.
I believed what God dictated, according to "approved" theology.
Total domination of my soul.
With the Jealous God, life was sometimes pleasant, and at other times miserable. My life wasn’t mine, but God’s.
This was the Jealous God.
This was the Jealous God.
The Gracious God was revealed to all people, ideas, and religions and invited me to explore them. There was some curiosity allowed with this God.
God was still jealous because I had to find God in my exploration.
God was still jealous because I had to find God in my exploration.
This was a time of intense attempts to integrate other ideas. So God was more gracious.
God loved the whole world, and through the work of Christ the whole world was reconciled to God
God loved the whole world, and through the work of Christ the whole world was reconciled to God
The Releasing God
If God loved me God would let me go. If I loved God then God would take me back.
If God loved me God would let me go. If I loved God then God would take me back.
God was no longer insecure, but could handle questions about God! My ideas about God were not God, and God knew that. So I could question my ideas and reject them as not God.
Whatever remained that was true, I would be faithful to this.
Whatever remained that was true, I would be faithful to this.
God let me go
I had an epiphany. I saw the unity of reality!
The God of All.
We are one. I saw that what seems to divide us is language. There’s one reality with many apprehensions and articulations of it.
The God of All.
We are one. I saw that what seems to divide us is language. There’s one reality with many apprehensions and articulations of it.
Unity in diversity! This gave me a peace that passes understanding.
𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 “𝐆𝐨𝐝” 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
Everywhere and nowhere is the same.
𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 “𝐆𝐨𝐝” 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
Everywhere and nowhere is the same.
There was terror at each instance of falling into the next stage of belief because I was losing my God. Or rejecting God!
But peace of mind settled in when I saw that the All truly is All ❤️
But peace of mind settled in when I saw that the All truly is All ❤️
What have your stages of God been? Have you felt these same Gods in your own journey of #Deconstruction ?
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