Good Morning--nearly the weekend, woo-hoo! images above are from our celebration last night! that little dress is so fun to wear--it inspired me to belt out some jazz while waiting for daniel to finish work :) just need a microphone :(
No poem today, just a quote from this book Surprised by the Voice of God by John Deere:
"The sovereignty of God is scary in another way as well. If we get too close to him, he might send us somewhere we don't want to go, or make us do sommething we don't want to do, or be something we don't want to be--even the last place or thing we want to go, do, or be. We've all heard that dark voice whisper, 'If you get too close to God, your worst fears will come true. He'll hurt you worse than you can bear.' When we believe that voice, we lose some of our confidence in God and we look around for a substitute in which to trust. The substitute may be the Bible, theology, liturgy, church work, or just about any good thing. We can use all these things to keep God and others from getting close enough to hurt us. No one ever does this consciously. Our theology forbids it. No one could get away with saying, 'I have decided to trust theology more than God.'
I didn't say it, didn't know it, but I had done this. The signs were all around me. I had become more comfortable with principles than people, with ideas than intimacy. Principles and ideas don't hurt you like God and people do. And they're much easier to manipulate. The fact that I was an academic made it even easier for me to develop a nonrelational personality in the comfortable world of thought. Had I not been an academic, I could have just as easily hidden in church work or ministry. Fear of intimacy will always find a substitute suitable for your own individual personality. You'll never know you've chosen the substitute unless the mercy of God comes to you. And that mercy may come in pain..."
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