This kind of thing shows up regularly in my e-mail.
God apparently loves freedom as much as incarnation. And that is the rub of time and history and our interminable groanings. We are the victims of our own freedom and our bodily incarnations. God took that great risk in creating free human persons, and we must take it too. Doing it perfectly is not the goal, doing it is the goal.The sons and daughters of God tend to be afraid of freedom and do not trust incarnation. We would rather hide behind the securities of law instead of taking Gods risks. We would rather be spiritual than just being human.
Have a nice day.
Posted by tripp at July 2, 2009 07:38 AM"Take heart...stand up...go home." Three encouraging words of Jesus to allow forgiveness cheer us up, to allow our contact with him to bring us alive and to know that everywhere on the earth is our home because everywhere is his home, and he lives within us.
I read this in my devotionals today on Sacred Space. I don't feel like I have a home. I rent.
So this is really nice.
Maybe we would trust more if we understood this -
everywhere is home.