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Who is God? How would someone describe Him? Can God even be described? The late S.M Lockridge once gave a sermon describing who God is and then concluded that God is simply indescribable. In Psalm 71:19, we read "... O God, who is like you?" And yet we also know from further study of the Psalms that one way we draw closer to God is to reflect and acknowledge who He reveals Himself to be and what He has done and is doing. In the coming months, Lily7 hopes to give you a small glimpse into who God is by focusing on a few of His attributes. By no way an exhaustive description of who God is, understanding these attributes has a profound effect on our life and how we view the world. They also serve to remind us of why we worship God, to reflect on who God is and how, like Reverand Lockridge concluded, He truly is indescribable. God is Savior by Lindsay Kyle I once lived in darkness. I have never forgotten the aching in the pit of my stomach as a teenager, knowing that something wasn't right in my world. But what could it be? My grades were near perfect. I threw myself fully into a wide range of activities. My friends were loyal (enough) and certainly popular. Yet, I'd lie awake at night empty. Longing. Lonely. My life changed when I encountered John Donne's Holy Sonnet X. The sonnet speaks of the unavoidable nature of death. We all must face it--mighty warriors, noble kings, and even ordinary girls like me. How strange Donne should end his sonnet with such hope: One short sleep past, we wake eternally, And Death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die. A short sleep? Then, we shall awake again? But, who has the power to overcome death? But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -1 Corinthians 15 The truth: I deserve to die. The emptiness I felt was the knowledge that I would one day be swallowed whole by death's sting. But God is my Savior. He sent the only One who could finish death. Jesus. Trust Him. Believe in Him. Death has died.