I am convinced my point didn't come across last time.
I don't think my beliefs should not change. I can't even come close to perfect knowledge of God.
What I am guilty of and what I think the Church is guilty of is blatantly telling others that our beliefs are right. We are so proud of ourselves and so full of ourselves.
Of course, with our mouths, we say we don't have God figured out and we know beliefs change. However, with the way we try to convince others that some or all of our particular beliefs are correct, our true feelings and true pride in ourselves shows through.
Even when others point that out to us, we have a hard time admitting it. We want to be able to say we know God. I think we can know God but have to admit we have no clue about his immensity.
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I remember reading Blue Like Jazz -- the part where he likens us completely knowing God to a pancake completely knowing the person that made it. Its just not going to happen. If a pancake had a brain, it might know that I made it, am going to pour syrup on it and then eat it, but it has no idea about my cellular structure or bone systems or thought processes, etc. We can know certain things about God, but we don't / can't know everything. This thought has helped me a lot -- especially when I get perched too high on my high-horse.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I am trying to be a good pancake.
And I don't think we have the first clue just how big grace is.
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