This week: God as otherness. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com [mailto:adebelak@redeemerluth.com]God as otherness makes all others we encounter in our lives - a part of the wild
and wonderful image of God. This means that the 'other' doesn't become like us
- rather the 'other' is already - before our judgments and decisions - just as much
of God as we claim to be. So 'other' becomes just another one of us - not enemy
- not pagan - not atheist - not good or bad - rather God with us. The question in
front of all of us is the one that simply asks: Is this the God we want? It may
not be. And yet, that is the history of storytelling throughout Scripture - is God
the god that people want or is God the God that was and is and will be no matter
what people want. God as otherness is available even in the other we find it so
necessary to reject. Too often we reject this eternal otherness of God and fall
for something less - something that can never reveal the fullness of God's image.
O God of love and new life, just beyond what we want you wait for us to come a bit
farther and begin to see that the promise of life keeps unfolding beyond our expectations.
As promised, continue to let your Spirit of love lift us up to see your Reigning
presence. Amen.
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