Gender of the Divine?

I grew up with images of the white father God with a long white beard in his throne in the clouds .

I learned that he punished nonbelievers with eternal fire, for their lack of belief that his son, Jesus, died for our sins.

Even if non-Christians had never learned of Jesus, they would spend eternity in pain and suffering.

None of this made ANY sense to me.

And so God and I parted ways for many years – from my early teens until my late 20s. Or so I thought. Actually, that which I now know by many names still resided within me. I now know that my inherent discomfort with a harsh and judgmental force was in alignment with Source/Spirit.

For a long long time I did not use the word God; it made me extremely uncomfortable, even on the written page.

I learned about the Goddess, the Great Mother, Gaia, and individual goddesses that brought forth understanding of the feminine divine. My favorites were Kuan Yin, goddess of love and compassion, and Kali, goddess of transformation.

For many years, I aligned with and called upon the feminine divine.

I also became familiar with Creator and Wakan Tanka.

At some point I became comfortable with the concept that the divine has no specific form or sex, and this is where I live today.

I am comfortable with any word that intentionally names “The Powers that Be” in a sacred manner which honors the positive nature of Source, Spirit, Creator, God and so on.

I also know now that we are all children of God. Not just Jesus, although he was/is certainly a revered being.

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