Essay+--+God

//Possible// paragraph topics: **a. Attributes of God as given in your text book** God has no limits, is all powerful, all knowing. A loving personal God. A spiritual being. God remains present in the world. God has no beginning and will have no end.
 * God**

Suffering is a lesson in which the people of God learn to live as God wishes. They are forgiven of their sins through suffering. It is a great mystery. God does not cause suffering in the world. Free will has brought sin and suffering into the world. God allows suffering because it is part of a person's free will. Faith in God is tested through suffering. Also: we grow through suffering, and God is always with us. God as a human experienced suffering, too.
 * b. How we can explain suffering with a belief in a loving God**

God initiates the relationship but we must continue the relationship and make it stronger and more faith-filled.
 * c. Our relationship with God – who initiates, how we can further that relationship**

God is revealed to us through Scripture, and through our human experience which includes: nature, the universe, and love.
 * d. Ways that God is revealed to us.**

When we are young our families teach us that there is a God and how to be faithful. As adolescents we question what we've been taught in order to come to recognize our faith. Formation - being taught Deformation - questioning what we've been taught Transformation - coming into our own faith
 * e. Rosemary Haughton’s theory about the development of faith in God.**