Not a book, a person

Have you ever tried to define a person? Think of the person you know the best. Now explain him/her to me.

Is it going to work? Am I gonna get it?


God's main goal isn't to give us something we can hold on to - not a truth to live our lives by, not an equation we can put in our back pockets.

I think sometimes he intentionally frustrates us when we start to think we have it figured out. Out of his mercy, because he knows we've settled for second best. We've settled for some statement we can understand, when he wants to give us

himself.


"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."

Being sort of terrified at the realization of God's enormousness is the foundation for learning anything.


If God wanted to communicate something we could just get, he would've written a book. Jesus didn't even write a book, and that would've been pretty normal, since he was a man... and the book people associate with Jesus and with the religion of his ancestors isn't a theology book. It's a record of some of God's actions, and words, to real people, in real history... and much of it is pretty hard to hold onto. What's the point?!

Himself!!!!

A relationship.. with God!

We're all invited in. And there's grace enough to say yes, right now. What's he doing in you now? It may be your first date with him, so don't expect to be able to get everything right away. Don't expect all the answers to come right away.

It may be your 78097345978th date. You may have run away. 345978345 times. And there's grace enough to say yes. Right now. His mercies are new, every morning!