Your image of God creates you-or defeats you. There is an absolute connection between how we see God and how we see ourselves and the universe. The word “God” is a stand-in-word for everything—Reality, truth, and the very shape of our universe. This is why good theology and spirituality can make such a major difference in how we live our daily lives in this world. God is Reality with a Face — which is the only way most humans know how to relate to anything. There has to be a face!

Richard Rohr.