This week: God as unfolding story. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]There is always more to the story. In the long record of the story of God who leads
a people to new life, there is always more to hear and see. God as unfolding story
invites us to look again at what has been written and told. Just as we are always
learning new things about the character of the people all around us, as we look
at the stories of our God and enter into conversation about those stories we will
see parts of the character of our God that will unfold among us. I see this most
often when God is described as angry - violent - unbending. I have been seeing
quite a different God. As of late, the unfolding story of our God is one in which
I am continually amazed by a merciful, forgiving, life-giving, and challenging God.
God as unfolding story pinches me in the butt so that I will get off my butt and
once again lean into the story of God's gracious love - the power for new life
in every age. Reading that story is also a act of radical involvement. It is radical
because we are being invited into the very essence of this God whose love knows
no end and is able to overcome all the powers of the world.
O God of love and new life, keep us rooted in this story of your unending love as
we move through the day at hand. Amen.
No comments:
Post a Comment