Don’t miss this beloved. The air of Heaven is real. The waters of the River of Life are the wettest and freshest and alivest there will ever be. And the most real part will not be a part. They will be Him! Keep going. All of this journey will be worth it just for a moment to look in His eyes. One millisecond of it will be enough, but OH! Forever, will be just a beginning of Him being the center of my attention. Come LORD Jesus!
~ Makala Barnabas Doulos
Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, walk in [union with] Him [reflecting His character in the things you do and say—living lives that lead others away from sin], having been deeply rooted [in Him] and now being continually built up in Him and [becoming increasingly more] established in your faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing in it with gratitude.
~ paul, The Least of The Apostles, in Colossians 2
Oh beloved, it is true. It is something we have repeated since we were children. But we don’t really believe it. If we did, we would be something completely other than we are most of the time. So, to avoid any confusion, here is the point of this entry:
G_d Loves you.
But what does this mean? Why would The Maximally Great Being even take notice of a speck on a speck in an ocean of a universe. Surely there other things and beings that would occupy the Mind of The Triune One. Are we really Loved? Are we really even noticed?
To answer this, we need to do a bit of theology about Who G_d is.
When i refer by G_d … i am reverently speaking of the Maker of the Universe, the G_d of the Bible (Deuteronomy 6:4: “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One!); the One who revealed Himself historically and literally to Moses at the burning bush as I AM (In the Hebrew: היה ) His name is (again, I say it most respectfully): the LORD (יהוה ) or transliterated as the tetragrammaton YHWH (sometimes YHVH, or Yahweh), The existing One.
This is not to complicate the issue. Rather it is to clarify that the G_d of whom i speak is not just a god as I understand him, but rather the G_d who has revealed Himself in all of Scripture and His creation.
He is: Is
He is all. No limits. Neither is He constrained by the mere construct of existence. Existence flows from Who He Is. Eternity and Infinity are simple concepts from within His Own Self into which He has enfolded Himself; and that only for the purpose of interface with His creation.
ALL glory, honor, power, riches, dominion, wisdom and strength to belong to Him who was, and is, and is to come. Bow, at least in your heart beloved, if not physically. Do it now. Millions of Millions of timeless super, mega and ultra-beings have the privilege (and good sense) to dwell in the courts of this One who Is, and to bow before Him in ever-unfolding worship.
OK… end of the theology lesson. May you be edified.
G_d is really big. He is very much larger than time, and so, He doesn’t just carve out a bit of His schedule to spend a little time with each of His subjects. No, He is infinite. And so, He has the ability to spend all of Himself into a moment with each of us.
Forever… the full counsels of deep eternity are brought to each moment. All of G_d is wherever He is, and that is everywhere. But what does this have to do with Love?
Everything.
Can we see it? There are no ‘specks’ in G_d’s economy. Every bit of creation declares His glory. And He Himself has said that They have created humans in their image. We are a particular and precious jewel in the Eyes of The One who inhabits forever. It has been said of humans: “God don’t make no junk.” And perhaps this is a more profound way to say what this fool of writer has been trying to get across.
So, do feel too small to be noticed by the King of The Universe? Perhaps the problem is that you don’t yet have a sense of just how Big He Is. Tonight is your night beloved. Time to understand that the larger your sense of G_d is, the more intimately you can experience His Great Love.
~ St. Augustine of Hippo
