Thank you, Amber! I’m so with you on this! And you put it so well!! Lately I’ve bern contemplating how I’ve gotten “God” so wrong; by viewing the Mystery behind and within reality, the Ground of Being, the Source of Life and Love, etc., as a being like me. What I mean is there is something so ever-present about the divine that is interconnected with all that is, that arguing for or against the existence of “God” is as silly as arguing for or against the existence of air and myself. And that’s just touching the tip of the surface. With that in mind, you also take me to how Jesus said we’ll do greater things than him. I mention that because I believe a big part of the problem is that we don’t take that seriously. What I’m getting at is that Christianity wooed people with its beauty, in the beginning, by being the most divine way to live. In that we were loving, giving, generous, compassionate, and caring—first and foremost. We’ve forgotten and gone away from that, yet we wonder why people are leaving the church and dislike Christians. When we feel that primal rage against all the wrong inside of us, and then love accordingly, the world will become so much better, because we’ll be living as the body of Christ we were always meant to be.
I know I could have said that better, but wanted to share where you powerfully took me. Again, thank you!
Thank you, Amber! I’m so with you on this! And you put it so well!! Lately I’ve bern contemplating how I’ve gotten “God” so wrong; by viewing the Mystery behind and within reality, the Ground of Being, the Source of Life and Love, etc., as a being like me. What I mean is there is something so ever-present about the divine that is interconnected with all that is, that arguing for or against the existence of “God” is as silly as arguing for or against the existence of air and myself. And that’s just touching the tip of the surface. With that in mind, you also take me to how Jesus said we’ll do greater things than him. I mention that because I believe a big part of the problem is that we don’t take that seriously. What I’m getting at is that Christianity wooed people with its beauty, in the beginning, by being the most divine way to live. In that we were loving, giving, generous, compassionate, and caring—first and foremost. We’ve forgotten and gone away from that, yet we wonder why people are leaving the church and dislike Christians. When we feel that primal rage against all the wrong inside of us, and then love accordingly, the world will become so much better, because we’ll be living as the body of Christ we were always meant to be.
I know I could have said that better, but wanted to share where you powerfully took me. Again, thank you!
Raw, honest, challenging. Thank you.