God and the Human Search for Meaning

When we speak of God, we are often speaking less about a being and more about a profound human yearning — a longing for connection, for ultimate meaning, for comfort in the face of the unknown.

Throughout my work, I have encountered many who struggle with their idea of God, especially after a loss or in times of profound suffering. Some feel abandoned; others feel awakened to a new intimacy with the sacred.

Rather than approaching God as a fixed answer, I encourage approaching the question as an invitation — a doorway into your deepest values, your fears, your hopes.

Who is God to you when everything falls away? Where does your spirit find refuge? How do you make sense of existence in the face of mortality? These are not questions meant to be resolved once and for all but to be lived, revisited, and explored over a lifetime.

As Martin Buber taught in I and Thou, it is not the idea of God that transforms us but the genuine encounter — the moments when we feel wholly present, fully alive, and deeply connected to something beyond ourselves.

Whether you hold a traditional faith, a quiet spiritual curiosity, or a profound sense of mystery, the path is the same: to live with openness, to seek connection, and to shape a life of integrity and compassion.

May you allow the question of God to be a living, breathing presence in your life — not a final answer, but a companion on the road toward greater meaning and love.

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It is said when you meet God four questions will be asked of you:  

1.  Did you carry out your business affairs honestly?  It is not how you act towards God but how what you learned about God influences how you act towards other people.

2.  Did you set aside time to study Torah?

3.  Did you try to create a family? And if so, were you most concerned with the kindness of your children over academics, athletics or looks.

4.  Did you hope for the worlds redemption?  What did you do to make the world a better place?

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Exodus 33:19  God shares with us His essence: Goodness.  Goodness is an act not an emotion.  In order to be good a person must do good.  Is something good because God says it is good or does God say it is good because it is good.  Is murder wrong because God says murder is wrong or is murder wrong because it is wrong.  

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"The believer in God has to account for the existence of unjust suffering and evil; the atheist, however, has to account for the existence of everything else."  Milton Steinberg