He is God. That is his name in my language. Allah is his name in Arabic. He has been known as El Shaddai, and El Elyon, Yaweh, and many other names, but none of that has changed that he is God. He has always been God, and he will always be the same. No matter what his name is.
I have not joined a heathen religion. I do not worship some idol named Allah. I worship my God. I worship the God I have always worshiped. I worship the God of my heart who guided me to this path. This path that leads to Him and Him alone. He has spoken to my heart and he knew that I was uncomfortable with Christianity. That it wasn't made for me. That Jesus didn't have to be my Savior. He knew that I would be going to heaven through another path.
This morning I read in my Qur'an,
Those who believe ( in the Qur'an), and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians and the Sabians, and who believe in God and the Last Day, and work righteousness, shall have thei reward with their Lord: on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve. -Surah 2-62
How beautiful is that? Why should there be only one path to heaven? Why would a just and beautiful God make that so? I know he wouldn't. He is Greater than that.
Yeppers. Zach and I were talking about religion the other day after finding out you changed to Muslims. He brought up a good point- I would actually prefer you still believe there is a God out there than for you to change to the belief that God doesn't exist. I think that Jewish, Muslim, and Christians all actually worship the one and same God although we have disagreements about how we view Jesus and other things like that. I'm happy for you that you've found the peace you've been looking for- in terms of which religion feels right to you. I have friends who are Muslims (or even classmates and I've known them a long time and I don't see any reason why you can't be who you want to be). I'll probably learn a lot more from you than I ever learned growing up in church. I hope you're having a wonderful day! I love ya, sister!
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