By: Philip

Philip — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:05:50 +0000

i must be too linear in my thinking. for i read all of these as God acting out salvation. as in God making his introduction to us at the edge of human limits. again i wonder if we’re saying the same thing differently. see i get where you say “god has found his way into my life not because of a promise of more, but a realization of less.” but there is no darkness that isn’t met with a light impossible to overcome, no edge of this world that doesn’t border the edge of heaven, no failing of my flesh that doesn’t meet the resurrected Christ. All of the above are spaces where God shows up. he shows up not to remain hidden, but to make himself known. that we may find hope, that we may indeed find comfort even if only a bleary eyed byproduct of finding his face, of collapsing under his glory. in that way though i believe God is in part mystery he is no bearer of darkness, but the bringer of light. does he bring confusion so that he may make himself known? I guess I may concede that point as something I couldn’t answer. Certainly I can read that from the tower of Babel. as being a God who presses back at humanity’s limits, but just like God’s response to Job he will be heard. He will be known. He will reveal his might and mercy, his righteousness. And by grace he’ll call us to faith in it. And by faith his grace make us a part of it. a benefactor. and from this gift all gifts: peace, joy, even comfort. i think it could be argued that for all eternity God has worked to make himself known. But he has given us no more perfect a revelation than through Jesus Christ, who I again argue may be part mystery, who may overwhelm our ability to fully understand, but who is no abstraction. cause though Merton reaches the end of himself with silence as an aid, it is Christ who teaches him love and that he should even urge to love his brothers at all. 1 john 4:10

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By: Philip