The old-time prophets knew this God of mine. Jesus said: “Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me.” That was not egotism, nor was it theology; it was elementary psychology.
The philosophers have known this God; Emerson wrote: “The simplest person who in his integrity worships God, becomes God.”
The poets have known this God; Tennyson wrote:
Speak to Him thou, for he hears, and spirit with spirit can meet;
Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
My God is a personal God; for how else can I be a person? If He does not know me, how can I know myself?
My God is a God of freedom. He says: “Anyone may come to Me.”
My God is a God of mercy. He says: “Come unto Me all ye that travail and are heavy laden, and I will refresh you.”
My God is a God of justice. Of Him it was said: “He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree.”
My God is a God of love, in a world of raging madness. He has put into the hearts of His people the idea of subduing the hate-makers.
My God is an experimental God. He says: “I have made a world, and am still making it.” He says to men: “I am still making you, and you are still making Me.”