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God. You've heard the word every day of your life. Whether in happiness or in sadness, in calamity or anger, all human kind speak the phrase, "Oh MY God"! While this may not seem to be a significant occurrence to the average person, it actually has a deeper meaning. By expressing their feelings for God, people are actually stating the validity in God, and everything that comes along with it.

As a practicing orthodox Jew, I can honestly tell people I have a close connection with God. Call me crazy, but wonder about the subject a trifle and you'll begin to see what I mean. Ponder about your life experiences. Was there ever a time you felt uplifted, as if someone was taking you by the hand and lifting you to safety? Of course the answer is yes. Most people believe God created them.

But who created God? It is an age-old question that has plagued all those who like to think about the big questions.

One Jewish perspective of creation is that God is the source of all will in the universe. When we say that God created the universe, we mean something like, "God willed the universe into existence." Judaism holds that the universe exists for a reason. Something desired that it should exist - it is not just a random accident. However, it is not the universe itself that desired its own existence. That thing which desires there to be any reality at all is what we call "God." It is God's act of will that begins all reality, and that gives the universe its purpose and direction.

It makes no sense to ask, "What willed God into existence" because, without God, there is no will and no existence. Before there is any reality, there is only the desire for there to be a reality. God is the beginning of all causality, the simple urge that there should be "some-thingness" as opposed to nothingness.

Interestingly, this is a question that scientists ask, too. Scientists can talk about the beginning of the universe all the way back to a billionth of a second after the Big Bang. However, when you ask, "So, what happened one billionth of a second BEFORE the Big Bang?," most scientists will say that the question itself makes no sense. Since time itself is a part of the universe, there can be no moment before the moment that space and time began. At some point, you cannot find a cause before the first cause. The scientists, in effect, give the same answer as the rabbis, just in different language.

BOTTOM LINE: It is beneath us to question the creation of God. All we know is that God created the heavens and the earth. Beyond this realm is for us to serve HIM to our full potential, and to enjoy the life he has granted us.

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