God

saw a sunset today,
and in that sunset
i saw god.

been doing a lot of thinking
about my faith
and where i stand.

i don't believe in religon.
i'm not born-again,
and never will be.
i don't go to church.
i don't pray.
i'm not saying i won't.
just that i don't.

there is a god.
somewhere.
he's not in the collecting plate
at church.
he's not in the preacher on television
sunday morning.
he's not kneeling beside you at your bedside.

i don't believe in creation.
bang!
look, there's stuff.
whatever.

look at the fossils.
not everything was created all
at once.
no way.

i don't like religon
being forced upon me
by those damn bible beaters.
pray for everyone because it is your
mission to save the whole world.

i believe that there is a god
or
something
creating a purpose for us all.
none of us really leaves earth
until we have accomplished
what we were put here to do.

i believe everything happens for a reason.
it may not be apparent just yet
but it will someday.
we all ahve a destiny.

i find god
in sunsets
in a nice relaxing float down the river
in a perfectly built hickory wood fire
in my fraternity
in my girlfriend
in my friends.
i thank god
or whatever you call it,
for those things everyday.

you may not agree
with what i believe.
that' fine.
we're all entitled....

if we all had to believe the
same thing
then we would believe what our
leaders tell us.
spanish inquisition anyone?
we'd all by praying for the world.

what would that accomplish?

as long as everyone believes what
they feel is right
and stop being bossed around
we all would grow stronger
and maybe we'll all find god

in sunsets
in our families
in our lives.