I'm so glad that God is more than His words, that He is more than a book...that being a christian is not a religion. Its not about disciplining myself more, or doing more, or striving more. Its about opening my heart to a REAL God and letting the invasion of love take place. I love reading His words, but I'm so glad that the Bible was never intended to give me more knowledge---I love that His words are intended to bring me into a encounter with a LIVING and ACTIVE and LOVING God. (And that if it doesnt usher me into a deeper communion with Him-I get puffier with every concept and fact of knowledge that I obtain, and He gets jipped out of more of the relationship that He did so much to claim.) Ah, Im so glad that I am created for raw, but real relationship, for love. It makes the reality that God is love become all the more beautiful.
2.04.2006
He is more than His words.
I'm so glad that God is more than His words, that He is more than a book...that being a christian is not a religion. Its not about disciplining myself more, or doing more, or striving more. Its about opening my heart to a REAL God and letting the invasion of love take place. I love reading His words, but I'm so glad that the Bible was never intended to give me more knowledge---I love that His words are intended to bring me into a encounter with a LIVING and ACTIVE and LOVING God. (And that if it doesnt usher me into a deeper communion with Him-I get puffier with every concept and fact of knowledge that I obtain, and He gets jipped out of more of the relationship that He did so much to claim.) Ah, Im so glad that I am created for raw, but real relationship, for love. It makes the reality that God is love become all the more beautiful.
4 comments:
YES! This post makes me want to shout! You're SO on! This was one of the biggest things on my heart today with my new friends; they hate "religion" (and are justified in that)... and here is my struggle- showing them religion is not the goal, RELATIONSHIP is! More thoughts to come on that in future blogs (and for the record you're right-- I've gotta blog more often when I have so much on my mind-- the one I did tonight is ridiculously long! haha!)Loved seeing you tonight-- loved that place-- loved the posts.
yep, yep! it's all about knowing and being known by a Person intimately and not just knowing what they have said! lets say known just one more time for fun.
sounds like donald miller, what an emerger.
i don't agree. i might be misunderstanding what your trying to say here. maybe i'll ask you about it some time.
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