NO, the love of our Father isn't dignified at all, and apparently that's the way He expects our love to be. Not only does he require that we accept His inexplicable, embarrassing kind of love; but once we've accepted it, He expects us to behave the same way with others. I suppose I could live, if I had to, with a God whose love for us is embarrassing, but the thought that I've got to act that way with other people-that's a bit too much to swallow.
You make a great point here, Rich. I would only add, that it's as His kind of embarrassing, messy kinda love takes hold in/grows in us, that we won't be able to help but to love others the same way, cause it'll be Him loving them THRU us.
So, yes, OUR part is to simply receive (accept) His embarrassing love.
If knowing answers to life's questions is absolutely necessary to you, then forget the journey. You will never make it, for this is a journey of unknowables - of unanswered questions, enigmas, incomprehensibles, and most of all, things unfair.
We who preach the gospel must not think of ourselves as public relations agents sent to establish good will between Christ and the world. We must not imagine ourselves commissioned to make Christ acceptable to big business, the press, the world of sports or modern education. We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.
"So maybe when we "congratulate" one another for our brilliant abilities in sharing Life we should refrain and instead say, "I love seeing Jesus being so real thru you!"
Christianity is not about learning to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.
We must see all the brothers and sisters as equals if we are to grasp the reality of Jesus' statement "My Father and Your Father". There are NO junior and senior kindergarten children in the Father's household.
Knowing Christ is a living, spontaneous knowledge. This is not an understanding that you possess so much as it is a knowing that possesses you.
And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness!
I trust those visiting here will wade out into the waters of the Father's amazing grace, and likewise experience the unfolding reality of His total unconditional acceptance. Upon this unmoveable and secure footing we move on into His higher purposes for our lives.
Sometimes we have to live with some uncertainty and chaos before a new order can take shape.
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Ok... so it's here, too.
You and Silent Wings must have a conspiracy going.
Delicious truth.
NO, the love of our Father isn't dignified at all, and apparently that's the way He expects our love to be. Not only does he require that we accept His inexplicable, embarrassing kind of love; but once we've accepted it, He expects us to behave the same way with others.
I suppose I could live, if I had to, with a God whose love for us is embarrassing, but the thought that I've got to act that way with other people-that's a bit too much to swallow.
You make a great point here, Rich. I would only add, that it's as His kind of embarrassing, messy kinda love takes hold in/grows in us, that we won't be able to help but to love others the same way, cause it'll be Him loving them THRU us.
So, yes, OUR part is to simply receive (accept) His embarrassing love.
Thanks, brother, good thoughts!
Free Spirit,
My whacky brain is so out of it, but this line from this video speaks volumes to me re: what I've shared here...Get ready, cause here I come!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQdSJXPDtjs
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