Amen! Thank you for this illuminating post!. It is impossible to "make meaning from a mere, material world" - there IS no "meaning" to such a world. So it was the Existentialists, not the Enlightenmentists, who were right after all (you are welcome, Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus). Only when the God who is the Holy Other becomes the Immanuel ("God with us"), and imparts that irresistable grace, does any meaning become self evident (even if still a bit murky, like "through a glass darkly"). If you can't resist such grace, be grateful He chose YOU. Because if you somehow, some way, some where, can resist such divine grace, God have mercy on your soul!
Insightful as always, Abby! When we pray to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, we're reminded of the grace he showed them--providing for them, guiding, blessing them in spite of frailties, and more. His love [grace] endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations (Psalm 100:5)! Hallelujah!
Amen! Thank you for this illuminating post!. It is impossible to "make meaning from a mere, material world" - there IS no "meaning" to such a world. So it was the Existentialists, not the Enlightenmentists, who were right after all (you are welcome, Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus). Only when the God who is the Holy Other becomes the Immanuel ("God with us"), and imparts that irresistable grace, does any meaning become self evident (even if still a bit murky, like "through a glass darkly"). If you can't resist such grace, be grateful He chose YOU. Because if you somehow, some way, some where, can resist such divine grace, God have mercy on your soul!
dang this is good.
Insightful as always, Abby! When we pray to the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, we're reminded of the grace he showed them--providing for them, guiding, blessing them in spite of frailties, and more. His love [grace] endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations (Psalm 100:5)! Hallelujah!