Replies to 'An Open Consideration of Reality and Religious Beliefs'

Thanks for making this forum. Turtle love.  I was frustrated because I wanted to respond to JoeyJohn in the twisted love forum and I couldn't. 

Joey you said: 

What good are us humans to God? What are we capable of doing on our own for him? We are of no use to him. 

I think you are completely wrong and the idea that God doesn't need us makes Christianity a joke-it's just  too easy.  We are absolutely necessary to God because we are the conduit for God's love on earth. We are his tools and we need to be strong and follow what he speaks in our heart. 

One of my favorite teachers is Mother Teresa.  She said: 

"When once a chairman of a multinational company came to see me, to offer me a property in Bombay, he first asked: ‘Mother, how do you manage your budget?" I asked him who had sent him here. He replied: ‘I felt an urge inside me.’ I said: other people like you come to see me and say the same.  

It was clear God sent you, Mr. A, as He sends Mr. X, Mrs. Y, Miss Z, and they provide the material means we need for our work. The grace of God is what moved you. You are my budget. God sees to our needs, as Jesus promised. I accepted the property he gave and named it Asha Dan (Gift of Hope). 

You and I, we are the Church, no? We have to share with our people. Suffering today is because people are hoarding, not giving, not sharing. When a poor person dies of hunger, it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.

Jesus made it very clear. Whatever you do to the least of my brethren, you do it to me.
Give a glass of water, you give it to me. Receive a little child, you receive me.