Matt, thank you for your post.

I like what you said in the end about "everything has a piece of God". I
have had agnostics or atheist ask me who or what God is and how do I know he exist. My reply is some
variation of God is in everything including us. By upholding the virtues and followings of whatever
deity we worship, we are allowing them to live in us and us to experience the grace that follows such
actions.