A little girl, drawing a picture, was asked by her mother: "What are you drawing?" She replied: "A picture of God!" "But we don't know what God looks like," her mother objected. "Well," replied the child, "when I am finished with this then you will know what God looks like!"

Ronald Rolheiser in Against an Infinite Horizon: The Finger of God in Our Everyday Lives by Ronald Rolheiser

 

To Practice This Thought:
Make a drawing, painting, or collage of the image which best reflects your beliefs about God.

 

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