What will you say to God?

So much of the news is so disturbing.  So much of it makes me feel sick to my stomach.  I know it's important to know what's going on in the world.  We can't stick our heads in the sand but how do we not fall into despair?  This morning I wanted to check the road conditions before leaving the house.  While waiting for the weather I listened to a story about a group of Catholic school kids tormenting a Native American man.  I'm not sure why, but it disturbed me even more knowing that these children were Catholic school children.  I was a Catholic school child.  I learned that God is everywhere, all the time.  I learned treat others with kindness.   

While waiting to hear about the road conditions I started to wonder.... 

What will that Catholic school boy say to God when God asks him why he turned his back on him when God came to him in the form of a Native American man? 

What will you say to God when he asks you why you turned your back on him when he came to you for help in the form of a immigrant? 

What will you say to God when he asks you why you turned your back on him when he came to you for help in the form of a woman? 

What will you say to God when he asks you why you turned your back on him when he came to you for help in the form of a black man? 

What will you say to God when he asks you why you turned your  back on him when he came to you for help in the form a homeless person? 

What will you say to God when he asks you why you turned your back on him when he  came to you for help in the form an addict? 

What will you say to God when he asks you why you turned your back on him when he came to you for help in the form of a Muslim, or Jew, or Hindu?

What will you say to God when he asks you why you turned your back on him when he came to you for help in the form of the great oceans? the earth?  the animals?  

God is in everyone and everything.  Not just in you but in me too.   In the words of the Upanishads: 

Those who see all creatures in themselves 

and themselves in all creatures know no fear.

Those who see all creatures in themselves 

and themselves in all creatures know no grief. 

How can the multiplicity of life

Delude the one who sees its unity? 

~Isha Upanishad

Don't be deluded by the different names and forms. Remember that God is in EVERYONE and EVERYTHING.    Are you prepared to answer the question? What will you say to God when he asks you?