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Moment Aside --- 25 March 2021
The human mind is a wonderful thing. The mind has invented things previous generations could not imagine. The mind has come up with inspiring poetry, fascinating prose, beautiful music, and breath-taking works of art. At the same time, the human mind has conceived of horrors beyond telling as well.
What the mind cannot do is grasp the reality of God.
Augustine was right in saying that the mind can touch God and in that find a
blessing. At the same time, he was right in saying that the human mind cannot
grasp God.
What God is and what God is about is beyond human comprehension.
It remains a mystery and a mystery that cannot be solved. Mysteries engage the
human mind, and so curiosity and scientific enquiry continue. Books of
mysteries to be solved continue to sell and delight their readers. However, the
mystery of God is not one that will be solved by the application of human logic
and thought. The mystery of God will remain beyond each and every one of us.
We may be able to touch that mystery in any number of ways. Some
fine that mystery in the Scripture or in the Worship services that take part
in. Others experience that mystery in nature, in a sunset or a sunrise, or at
the edge of the ocean. So experience it in other people or through other
people. Any and all of those are great.
Still…
The mystery of God cannot be “grasped” to the point of fully
understanding it. It simply cannot be done. There will always be limits to our
understanding and knowledge and there will always be questions that will remain
unanswered… and unsolved… and it will bother us.
Still it’s a good thing that we can touch that mystery
… and let the mystery touch us.
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