God, does He really exsist?

I read a post the other day from someone that I thought I knew well. In thier post they made this statement:
"I was religious once. I also had a really bad flu once. I had to take lots of medicine to cure the flu. To cure the religion, I had to think for myself. The flu was much easier to cure."

This might sound like a joke but if you knew this person you would know the seriousness of the statement.

This got me to thinking about my own faith and how I would explain how and why I believe that there is a God. You see I think differently than alot of other people do, in fact my kids used to make remarks about my constant use of my "word pictures".

I am color blind albeit not totally color blind just certain colors like blues and purples, reds and browns, and some yellows and greens. Yes I am an electrician and I do very well at my job, but there are times when I need a little help. So I take it by faith when I ask some one "Which of these two wires is the red one". I have no proof which wire is red, other than by faith. Now I could reject the advice that I was given, and say that I don't believe there really is a red wire.

My point here is that I have no proof that God does exist other than by faith. By faith I believe that God sent His only begotten Son to die for my sins. I wasn't there, I didn't see Him whipped bloody and then forced to carry His cross through the streets. I wasn't there when they nailed His hands and feet to the cross. I wasn't there when they thrust a spear into His side. I wasn't there when He cried out "Father forgive them for they know not what they do". I wasn't there when after three days He rose from the dead. But by my faith I do believe that there really is a God.

Another statement that was made by this person is this: "I'm forgiving of my own free will, instead of out of fear or obligation or servitude." isn't it ironic that this person used the term "free will" this is how God created us, with a Free Will. We can choose to believe or not to believe. Because we have free will, we are not obligated to accept Him. All we have to do is accept a gift that is presented to each and everyone of us. A gift freely given that was bought and paid for over two thousand years ago. No strings attached, all we have to do is just accept the gift.

It is Christmas time and we all enjoy gifts under the tree. How unpleasant Christmas would be if we felt fear or obligation to accept a gift that was given. Now there are times when certainly I feel unworthy of a gift that I have been given, but to refuse the gift would be insensitive and selfish. So at times of feeling unworthy what if we accept the gift and then let the gift giver assess our worthiness.

Which reminds of a movie that my kids and I used to watch at Christmas time. You probably all know "It's a Wonderful Life". Towards the end of the movie there is a scene when the town comes together to help George Bailey out of a jam. I'm sure he didn't feel worthy of their gift but they knew that he was.

In the same way there are times when I feel unworthy of God's love, but He knows that I am worth of every whip torn scar, and every hammer blow to the nails driven threw His hands.

So what can I say to someone who says they don't believe God exists? ===Skid===