tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264486158964536580.post8145498084577350270..comments2022-12-03T19:20:02.505-05:00Comments on Revelations For Life: Last Year's Christmas Message (2015)Dwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05718480509481117745noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264486158964536580.post-59095044553967464242016-12-27T10:25:52.200-05:002016-12-27T10:25:52.200-05:00Define God, big 'g', little 'odd'?...Define God, big 'g', little 'odd'? ;-) Why stab at it? Dissection hardly reveals a person. Why define God as if I could define you? Would saying you have limbs, torso, toes, eyeballs, and a runny nose define you? How about describing your role as a husband, father, teacher, human? Is that you? Would it suffice? How would I learn these things anyway? <br /><br />The best way to know you would be to let you define yourself. I can see your actions and the results. But that does nothing to clue me in about your reasons why you took those actions. Plus, the more self-aware you are, the better you can articulate in ways that I can understand. And if I am a teachable, humble student, I will learn. If I am a noisy, distracted, and arrogant student, I will not.<br /><br />Better yet, imagine there's a spirit inside you that knows all your deep thoughts. Imagine you could just hand me that spirit and I could swallow it like a pill. Imagine then, as a result, think your thoughts without effort. I would know why you think those thoughts just as easily as if I had those thoughts myself.<br /><br />Therefore, the question is not, "What is MarkB57?" The question is, "Who is MarkB57?" The question is not, "What is God?" The critical question is, "Who is God?"<br /><br />All this other stuff, all Creation, everything that exists, is there for just one purpose: to let you know that this big 'g' little 'odd' Person is worth listening to as He reveals Himself.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05718480509481117745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6264486158964536580.post-3307237275888475212016-12-26T10:49:35.104-05:002016-12-26T10:49:35.104-05:00Let's define God, big "g." I'll...Let's define God, big "g." I'll take a stab at it, in an attempt to see whether we are on the same page so to speak. God is everything inclusive, every category of thought including every category possible, even if not yet imagined by anyone. The defining statement that God is everywhere seems to confirm this. Life seems to be a box car race where the slope goes down and gravity is constant so there's no stopping fate, but at the same time I seem to have some control over this steering wheel, which I use to try affecting outcomes as I go along. So there's God. Big g. It's his hill, his gravity, all my molecules, his...or His. This day, like the steering wheel, is mine to turn, mine to appreciate, and mine to take responsibility for...MarkB57https://www.blogger.com/profile/07394228403240937212noreply@blogger.com