Although we see
evidence of God, Providence, Nature—or whatever you choose to call it—he /she/it
is still unknowable to our limited perspective. I’ve read that a relationship
with this entity is like a dance. The
lead partner must step back so the follower partner knows to step forward. In the same way, God—our partner—may seem to
be withdrawing or stepping away from us in times of confusion, doubt, or
suffering. However, this is really an
invitation for us to draw closer to him.
It’s as though he is saying, “I have more to show you. Come closer to me.” This reminds me of what Aslan kept telling
those he was taking into paradise in the seventh Narnia book, The
Last Battle: “Come higher up, come
deeper in.”
In the end, it all stems from Love—not a coddling or
clinging sort of love. It’s a love that
transcends and remains unknowable to our finite minds. Once we move “deeper in” as Aslan said, we
begin to see what St. John wrote in the Bible, “Dear friends, we are already
God’s children, right now, and we can’t even imagine what it is going to be
like later on.” Or St. Paul who said, “Now all that I know is
hazy and blurred, but then I will see everything clearly, just as clearly as
God sees into my heart right now.”
(Quotes from The Living Bible Paraphrase)
This love and the dance it creates is the common thread
that runs through all my works, and through all my life, for that matter.
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