Because we believe that God lives in eternity and that there is only one God, then God did not have any parents! No mother, no father, no birth, no death, just eternal by Itself.

When you think about that, then you realize that without a mother and a father, God is not a female or a male. God has no sex. Therefore, I call God “It” rather than “He” or “She.” In fact, God does not have a body. Like an idea, God is pure energy that we call Spirit. God is Spirit.

And it is this energy, together with God’s will, that created the universe. No one really knows what that looked like or how that happened, except that God thought it would be a good idea to make a universe as part of Its plan for what was to come along later. When you realize how big the universe is and how many stars exist, you get the clear idea that God is very powerful.

You might not have thought of this, but because God existed before time and the creation of the universe, God is perfect. We know this because if God were not perfect, neither would the universe be — God would have gotten sick and died, and the universe would have fallen apart in one way or another. The universe, however, continues on as it has from the beginning and it will continue to be that way forever. As we get to know God we will surely want to ask the following question:

Why did God create the universe? I like to think of the reasons in a similar way as asking, “Why do you go on vacations?” The answers to both questions are really very similar. God created the universe as a way to get to know Itself better. Just as you go on vacations to enjoy something new, God created the universe to get the experience of creating something. Vacations give us an experience that we enjoy. Creating something is also very enjoyable.

The other part of why God created the universe was to get to express and know Its capabilities. You see, even though God is complete and whole, the one thing God does not have is the experience of Itself. For us, it’s a bit like doing something you have never done before, and in order to know if you will enjoy it or not, or whether you can even do it, you decide to try. Learning to ice skate is a bit like that.

You say to yourself, “Hmmmm, I have never ice skated before. It looks like fun to glide across the ice really fast, then stop and twirl, and then skate some more. I think I will try it!” If you read that last sentence slowly, you realize that you were curious to know what ice skating would be like. You are curious; God is curious. Being curious is a natural trait of humans and God. And that’s a good thing, when it leads to good experiences.

What God got out of creating the universe was the experience of Itself creating something. That experience included thinking about creating the universe, developing a list of options for that creation, choosing an option, deciding to take action, then taking the action to create the universe. And that is what we do when we make good decisions — followed by our enjoyment of the experience of taking action, and then enjoying the results of what we have created.