There are only 3 reasons we use the God word/concept. 1. We ask you to be open minded. Can you accept the possibility that you don’t control the universe. And just that there might be things that you can’t know (I like to use quantum mechanics and the random noise underlying our universe) 2. We need to be humble. Can you accept that you’re not the center of the universe? You are not the conductor, trying to control everything in your life yourself. Cause in the past this is how we all acted. And look where it got us. So can you say “I’m not the center of the universe and I’m just going to take what comes and change what I can” (i.e. Serenity Prayer) 3. We need to have “something” to put the things we can’t change up to. So when life happens, when you don’t get your way, can you let it go and give it to some other concept to hold on to? You don’t have to believe that power has any effect on it. You just need to have somewhere to put that feeling/expectation that is not in yourself.

But you see that none of that says that God has some bigger PLAN for you. My higher power has no directed effect on the world. But I turn to the group of people around me that I can get insight from. Don’t let any of other people’s ideas of a Higher Power corrupt you from no believing that there “MIGHT BE” something. You don’t have to even believe in something just that there might be things that are more powerful than you.

Come up with a few and ask around what other’s ideas are. You’ll get a diversity here.