I’m catching up (it’s a good thing that Day 7 is a “rest day” in my devotion book) so that means I’m behind with God which is never something I enjoy being. I’d rather be spending every day with God in a quiet moment where I read His word, seek its meaning for my own life and figure out how to make that all come together.
Sometimes that works, sometimes I fail pretty miserably. I can’t guilt myself too heavily except to get better at making this part of my daily life. So…onwards!
I recently read “The Shack”. This book is a must read for all followers of Christ for one important reason: it helps us understand that each of us see God differently in what he means to us. This is also where it gets tricky because some would say God’s meaning to a person shouldn’t be complicated or diversified to much because at a certain point the message and focus of God and the Faith can get muddled in lukewarm milk.
This is also where I start unfurling my massive missive of frustration with the various divisions of the Christian Church and how separated and divided we have become in such little time. The Body of Christ is crucified again and again by humanity when we divide and draw lines across the followers of Jesus. Perhaps we need to do a “back to basics” revival where the basic message and intent of God is pulled out of the fridge where it’s been reheated, recooked, mixed, mashed and pummeled and start over with fresh and pure ingredients.
Whatever the solution is we’d better find it fast. The Church as a whole is on a particularly ponderous precipice.
Anyway, off my soapbox and back to the idea of God and His Revealing. Within the verses of this particular study is a pretty cool excerpt that speaks fairly profoundly of who God is and what that means for us mere mortals. It’s found in Exodus 34:5-7 and I’ll even share it with you here,
And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation.”
The emphasis is obviously mine, but those words are what I’m taking some time to marinate on. That’s all I have for day 6. I’ll be back on day 8 since 7 is a ‘rest day”.
Good Stuff! Love ya lots, Mom