My favorite thing is to hear a good story. Something True. Real. Raw. Redeeming. When I tell you my story. It's just that. Mine. It's my life told through my perspective. Influenced by my personality and circumstances. Whether it's all exactly the TRUTh depends on who you ask. It's TrUE to me. You know. Like my siblings for example. We were raised in the same house. Same parents. Same circumstances. Mostly the same experiences. Yet. We each tell a completely different childhood story. Each one is TRUE. Real. Raw. Redeeming. Just different. Same family. Different story. Fascinating. Right?
I think faith in God is the same kinda thing. I believe in God. You believe in God. Yet. Our lives & stories & language sound different. Same God. Different perspective of Him. Same God. Different journey with Him. Same God. Different experience. So. When I tell the story of God. I'm telling my story of God. It's not right or wrong it's simply what I believe according to who I am & how I think & my life experience. I don't have to believe everything you do or use the same words or live my life like you. We are STILL talking about the same God. Believing the same God. Loving the same God. Same family. Different story. I think maybe He planned it this way. Pretty creative. Right?
The thing is. Not one of us knows all there is to know about Him. We think we know. We'd like to know. But. We just dON'T. He's mostly a bEAUTIFuL & LoVeLy mystery. He's BIG. Much bigger than our little 'corner of the truth'. We tell our truth. But. It's not the WHOLE truth. We tell our story. But. It's not the ENTIRE story. It's just a part of it. Of course. Because. Well. He's GOD. We aren't. I think the eNTIRE sTORY is more than we will ever know. I think He is gREATER than we can imagine. It's silly to be SO CERTAIN about so many things that are straight up UNCertAIn.
What I believe this morning is this. God's LOVE reaches to the heavens. His FAITHFULNESS to the skies. That's all I need to know for today.
love&grace to you.
That was like a cool spring shower. You nailed our God with this one! You are so gifted! Your perception of God seems like it should be more common... that I wonder how so many of us didn't already think of it ourselves. <3 See? You were meant to write and are using the gift to open the eyes of all who read it. Love your style! Keep it up!! I'm LOVE, LOVE, LOVING this!!!
ReplyDeleteMerci Grazi Gracias Danka!!!!! A million times!!! I love you!!!!
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