This week: God as divine character. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com . I mean this in several ways - at least. The first may simply be that I see God as a real 'character' - as when we look at someone who may be acting a bit odd and we lean over to say to someone else "S/he's a real character." God as divine character shows forth what it is to be the unity of what is traditionally called 'heaven and earth.' Such a character takes the humanity we have made our own and does not let it remain 'as we like it'. God as divine character takes us on a ride into our own lives as though we can be free from the many ways death and all of its powers tend to have a hand in everything we do. God as divine character takes away the line between life and death so that we may live as though we can walk on both sides of what was once a line. We are free to be 'characters' who have this vision of God's peaceable Reign and we move right on into it as though the vision is the life available to us right now. That is Jesus living it all out to the fullest - unmoved or controlled by the structures of death - a real 'character' to most of the folks around him. And yet, God as divine character - God as this character Jesus who is as human and vulnerable as you and me - will do and say and act as though God's Reign really does remove boundaries and bring life to all - even in what we call death. O God of love and new life, when we are characters who take a lead from the actions of your beloved son, we begin to actualize a promise that you have always offered to your people. Thank you for the promise to make life anew each day. Amen. |
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