Magnifying God
Be as a curved piece of glass
in which God's light may be focussed and transmitted
and set fire to the hearts of all who see.
Free Will
The gift of free will is sometimes just too great a weight for us to bear.
It is as a tossed caber that we cannot balance.
We totter and fall under its burden.
Put all that is chaos
into the hands and heart of God.
Life-raft
At certain times in our lives, all we can do is try to imagine ourselves
afloat on a raft on the river of life.
It may seem paper-thin, but it is made of indestructible material.
It is woven with the thread of God's love.
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Sunday, 8 February 2015
Some thoughts on God from my notebooks
God is one and God is infinity.
God is a circle of love.
(Mathematically speaking, a circle has one side and, at the same time, may be considered to have an infinitely large number of infinitely small straight sides; one and infinity together.)
PS How nice to think that, because a circle is the symbol of love, a ring has been chosen to be the symbol of marriage.
Everything good, everything amazing and wonderful
is a glimpse of the glory of God.
We must try to pray in the power of God,
and not in the doubts and impossibilities
of our own minds.
Let us try to walk
in the holiness of God.
We have become custodians
of the ancient word of God.
God is a circle of love.
(Mathematically speaking, a circle has one side and, at the same time, may be considered to have an infinitely large number of infinitely small straight sides; one and infinity together.)
PS How nice to think that, because a circle is the symbol of love, a ring has been chosen to be the symbol of marriage.
Everything good, everything amazing and wonderful
is a glimpse of the glory of God.
We must try to pray in the power of God,
and not in the doubts and impossibilities
of our own minds.
Let us try to walk
in the holiness of God.
We have become custodians
of the ancient word of God.
Thursday, 5 February 2015
About the adventure of God
Why does this seem like an adventure to me? I really don't know but it does.
Thinking about God, for me, is like entering the Tardis or C.S. Lewis's wardrobe; you think you're entering a phone box or an ordinary piece of furniture and, lo and behold, you find yourself in another world, a great cavern, the Cathedral of the Universe.
It's as exciting to me as science or art or sport or music or falling in love or any other of the great wonders and delights of our world. If you see the whole of creation as God's handiwork, as I do, then whatever joy you find in life is a part of that universal joy which is in the heart of God.
I'm going to re-read this and think it sounds like a crazy ramble but I just wanted to begin sharing my jottings and thoughts on God with, if you like, an overture of exuberance before the great symphony of God's life and love which runs through and inhabits every nook and cranny of our world.
Thinking about God, for me, is like entering the Tardis or C.S. Lewis's wardrobe; you think you're entering a phone box or an ordinary piece of furniture and, lo and behold, you find yourself in another world, a great cavern, the Cathedral of the Universe.
It's as exciting to me as science or art or sport or music or falling in love or any other of the great wonders and delights of our world. If you see the whole of creation as God's handiwork, as I do, then whatever joy you find in life is a part of that universal joy which is in the heart of God.
I'm going to re-read this and think it sounds like a crazy ramble but I just wanted to begin sharing my jottings and thoughts on God with, if you like, an overture of exuberance before the great symphony of God's life and love which runs through and inhabits every nook and cranny of our world.
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