1 Corinthians 13:12
For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known.
In our scientific age, we do not do very well with mystery. If we can't "prove" something through experimentation then it is not real. We seek to study and understand everything. This has become very problematic when it comes to relating to God, for God cannot be put under a microscope. God cannot be contained in our creation, so God cannot be studied. God is eternal and infinite, and so God cannot be reduced to the natural laws, as our limited minds can understand them. And yet, the human mind wants to know and to understand God.
To embrace the unknown, the mystery of God, is to embrace the child within us. To embrace the mystery of God is to joyfully embrace our creatureliness and to recognize that God is God and we are not. To know and embrace the mystery of God is to trust that God loves and cares for us. to live as a child of God.
What follows are members of St. Paul's stories of something in their lives that remains a mystery, what they have learned from this mystery, and how God is with them in this mystery. May this Advent season be a time when you too rediscover the mystery and majesty of God.
Suzannah +
To embrace the unknown, the mystery of God, is to embrace the child within us. To embrace the mystery of God is to joyfully embrace our creatureliness and to recognize that God is God and we are not. To know and embrace the mystery of God is to trust that God loves and cares for us. to live as a child of God.
What follows are members of St. Paul's stories of something in their lives that remains a mystery, what they have learned from this mystery, and how God is with them in this mystery. May this Advent season be a time when you too rediscover the mystery and majesty of God.
Suzannah +