Psalm 14

" Fools say in their hearts, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is no one who does good." Psalms 14:1 (NRSV)

How sad it is to think that there are people who do not believe in God. If there is no God, how does one explain the joy we share at the birth of a child? If there is no God, how can we describe the thrill of true love's first kiss? If there is no God, how do we know what right and wrong are? How can we ever find hope if there is no God? Without God, the very concept of faith in anything becomes little more than a dellusion.

C.S. Lewis once wrote: "Deep down in the heart of every person is a knowledge of good and evil. It is God who instills that knowledge in us." The mathemetician Pascal is credited with saying: "In the question of God's existence, it is always better to err on the side of God. For if there isn't a God, and we live as if there is we are none the worse for it. If however, we choose to live as if there is not a God and God does exist, we will pay the consequences."

As Christians and people of faith we know that God does exist. We know without a doubt the He loves us and sent His Son to be one of us. And armed with that knowledge there is much good we can and must do in this world. Our faith in God leads us to show mercy to the sick, the injured, the downtrodden as God shows mercy to us. Ouf faith in God leads us to treat others as we wish tobe treated. And our faith in God leads us to the Truth that there is one God over all. May we never lose sight of that Truth.