Revised Church of Oprah

Poor Oprah. How confusing her spiritual life must be. To so believe the lie that we are inherently God-like (in terms of our power and metaphysical makeup) that one feels they have to create spiritual truth as they go along must be totally exhausting.

I have no problem with the acknowledgement of our unique and powerful nature as human beings in the spiritual realm… even the Bible illustrates this in the first chapter of the first book. In the end, we are the creations of a most high God who, however much we might despise the fact, is a greater power over us (even though we might be elevated to god-like status in earthly terms). No matter who we are or what we’ve achieved, we must all one day deal with the reality that without God, we are as insignificant as dust in the desert and far more finite.

We can’t decide what we are anymore than we can decide who our unborn children are or will be. It’s all a silly, pointless, pseudo-philosophical guessing game without God or His Word in the equation. Only God’s Word can guide us to the real ultimate truth—that we were created by a far greater power (whom many call God) for reasons not completely known. We are designed to need Him and He has longed for us since the beginning of time. It’s not about power in God’s eyes; it’s about Love and always has been. God created us out of love, he set us up in this world out of love and humbled Himself to become our savior out of love and we can rest assured that his plan of redemption and peace for us is not over yet because he loves us more than we could ever love him back.

Oprah (and others), you don’t have to be equal to God, and you don’t have to negate God or Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross to have strength. You seem like a searcher and I doubt you’ve reached your ultimate conclusion on this subject. May God gently reveal His true nature to you that you may experience the only peace there is to be had in this world—the assurance of the love of God for you. You never walk alone. Even in your doubt, as epic as it may be, God is there.