All of us possess free will to choose how we think about the world and our place in it. Of course, many people don't care and refuse to contemplate these deeper questions. Others refuse to believe there was intelligent design at work in our creation and believe we are creatures of evolution.

Personally, I choose to believe each of us has been created by God, and that He remains intimately involved with our lives at all times. To me, the idea that we evolved as a result of random forces in the universe devoid of intelligent design is preposterous -- it would be the same as saying if you put all of the materials and substances that go into building the space shuttle into a big hole in the ground and waited 10 billion years, the entire space shuttle, launch pad and all, would just naturalIy evolve and appear without anyone ever lifting a finger!

Of course, nothing would happen. And if the space shuttle could not evolve naturally without the aid of intelligent design, how could the human body evolve, which is infinitely more intricate and complicated than the space shuttle! Clearly, the whole idea of evolution is a joke.

To me, there is such a thing as "the truth." It exists whether we believe it does or not. For example, suppose there is a commandment in the Bible that states, "Thou shalt not jump off the Empire State Building." Now there are some people who will see that commandment and say, "I don't think other people have the right to tell me how to live my life," and they jump off and die. Still others are too young to read and don't know what the commandment says, and they jump off and die. Still others are never told about the commandment, or they don't understand the language the commandment is written in, and they jump off and die.

The bottom line is, it doesn't matter what you believe or not -- the truth is the truth and if you jump off, you will die. In the same way, you can choose to believe God doesn't exist and you will not be held accountable for how you live your life -- but one of these days you are actually going to die and then the truth of it all will be crystal clear. But then it will be too late to undo the things you shouldn't have done.

Personally, I know for a fact that if you want to know the truth about God, all you need to do is ask Him to reveal Himself to you personally, and He will. And when He does, you will definitely know it!

When God reveals Himself, you will find that He has been there all along, but with all of the distractions and worries of life, you simply failed to notice. You will be surprised He is as visible as He is, and yet you just keep looking right beyond Him.

And when He is revealed, you will find that His truth is as plain as day, and that He loves you without regard to who you are, what you've done, where you come from, or what you look like. Anyone to whom God reveals Himself will also begin to love others in the same way, and will see the truth about Jesus Christ, who loved everyone unconditionally, even those who tortured and killed him. This is God's standard of love, and as it takes root in your life, it will lead to an overwhelming sense of peace and security in your heart, which will allow you to reach out to others. This is the only way peace can be established on earth among men.

Islamic terrorists believe they are doing God's will by killing Americans and other innocent people from "corrupt" western democracies, but if they truly wanted to know His will and asked Him reveal His truth, they would find their philosophy to be totally misguided and evil. The solution to the world's problems is to do just as Jesus taught and practiced Himself -- to love our neighbor as ourselves.

Ken Carter