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Archive for February, 2008
The Complex Simplicity Of Faith
Feb 20th
It is the sheer simplicity of God’s love that defies our understanding. While this is true, our understanding is marred by a world of sin, a heart of sin, and the wounds we bear. The love of God is not as complex as some have made it and not as simple as we desire. The love of God requires something far more simple and yet far more difficult—acceptance. We must accept the simple truth because it is simply true.
Why does God love us? We could not appreciate the answer if it were given. Our best response is not questioning the love, not debating the causes, not research or investigation, not dissection or examination, but trust and acceptance. For THIS is how God loved the world, this is how God loved you and me; He sent his only Son to die for us, that we might never die.
The eloquence of the answers will never overcome the angst of the questions we ask. The simplicity of the answer will always leave us with doubts. Because at the heart of our question is our desire to belong and to be accepted. None of this is granted through words but through action. We can More >
Who Made Me
Feb 7th
A daughter quizzes her father…
“Daddy, who made me?” “God made you.” “God made me?” “Of course God made you.” “But I thought mommy made me.” “Yes, but who made mommy?” “Her mommy.” “Yes—but—well…” “Okay, let’s look at it another way” “Your mommy bakes cakes right?” “Yes.” “Where does she bake cakes?” “In the oven.” “Does the oven make the cakes?” “No silly. Mommy makes the cakes.” “But the cakes come from the oven, so the oven makes the cakes?” “No! Mommy puts the stuff inside and turns on the heat and waits, then we have a cake.” “Well—that is sort of how it is with you. Your mommy is the oven, but God makes the stuff, —so God made you.”
“Maybe.”
“Maybe? What do you mean maybe?”
Copyright©2008 Hudson Russell Davis
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