Tell you when you need to leave
Tell you what you need to know
tell you who you need to be
Everything inside you knows there's more than what you've heard
More than empty conversations filled with empty words
-Switchfoot (On Fire)
I get it, but I don't. That's the Beauty. What makes God so... well... God, He is fully man and fully woman. He is fully God and fully Man. He is 3 beings, yet merely 1. If at this point you are NOT saying, "Woah Ryan, where you going here? You're telling me God is an it creature with 3 heads and one body?" I'd say, yeah, I am (with a smile) Please Bare with me.
Every Christmas I know what I'm going to get or at least an idea. My sister has her little schemes to twist it out of my mom and tells me. I don't ask for it, it just happens. Why do we get so much pleasure out of spoiling surprises? God is not like my mom, whom I dearly love and hope she takes no offense, love ya ma:), but I don't think that she considers herself at the same level of God or remotely close. God won't spoil the surprise. Why would God give us all the understanding we ask for? "God I don't get how you are 3 in 1? Explain, you got 30 minutes before I have to be somewhere, Ready....Go." If you've been a Christian for more than an hour you know this, sorry if it's only been 59 minutes, Don't worry you'll get there.
I've been warming up to the idea of being the bride of Jesus. At first I was like, hey I'm down with the homeless and accepting people, but I'm not about to take Jesus on a Honeymoon and let him sweep me off my feet in a dress. It was all rather comical to me. I still don't fully grasp it, but here's what God has revealed to me about it:
Marriage is not about Sex. It is a close intimate union. We mess that up when we define it as two people "tying the knot". That is not the most intimate of relationships. It starts with God because it all started with God.
You're still not there? You think ing you would rather live out the partying good life "only God can judge me attitude". One word --Solomon. The man had 700 wives and 300 concubines. That's a different girl each day for over 2 years. The Son of the great David of "David and Goliath". Solomon and the most Wisdom of all kings before him and to come. Ever watch Cribs? Those fools got nothin on this bro. He still fell --Hard. He ended up building Altars of worship to other gods.
We have a God that loves us. He blessed Solomon and loved him and Solomon turned to idols. How can we understand a being that works like that?
I was in Philosophy, fun class, but meaningless jargon. Focuses on the aspects of life and not life itself. Guys, it's so important to realize the beauty of life, why are we here?
To be loved. That's the simple answer. The Hard part is that yellow-brick road from ignorant to loved. Some choose arrogance instead. Your choice, but don't get mad if people love on you just the same. That's God's way of saying,"Hey, get your butt out here, before you get tuck in that burning lake."
As you may have noticed I jumped around a bit --yes this is an under statement. I did this purposely to give you a quick visual of what God is like. I know it was cruel and unusual, but I told you to Bare with me. God is Like this Blog entry, a FRACTAL, a pattern that is so hard to trace you have to get a Bird's eye view of what's going on in order to see any relative pattern. In summary, try not to waste too much time trying to understand God. Spend more time trusting God. It's tough for a Christian to transition to transition from the Convenience God (looking to God only at your convenience) to a Marriage with God (24/7 365 God). The time period is inevitable where we need to try to understand, but part of understanding is accepting you won't understand until the Glorious Day Love calls you home.
I can't wait for God's "Christmas Present", can you?
God Bless ya'll I promise I'll try and make my next entries more organized and on one subject:)
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