A while back my spiritual walk had reached a sort of impasse - almost a dead end if you will; it seemed like there wasn't really much to talk about anymore. Working off a given set of assumptions, you hash out all the issues and ideas, tie them up neatly and set them on the shelf. Now what?
God is infinite. I used to think that meant just an infinite succession of topics, and then He comes along and starts changing not only the assumptions but the whole framework. Slowly at first, and then with increasing intensity, you're seeing new possibilities, new combinations of ideas, new directions, new life. God is infinite.
As followers of Christ, I don't think it is too much of a stretch to say that we are called to be continually emerging. Semper reformada. 2 Corinthians 3:18. As Rich Mullins wrote:
For the snow that comes with winter
For the growth that comes from pain
For the joke I can't remember
Though the laughter long remains
For the faith that brought to finish
All I doubted at the start
Lord, I give you praise for all that makes
For the hatching of a heart
For the strength that comes with friendship
For the warmth that comes with hope
For the love time can't diminish
For the time love takes to grow
For the moonlight on the water
For the bright and morning star
Lord I give you praise for all that makes
For the hatching of a heart
And so, if it is in fact more than a buzzword, I'm emerging.
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