Sunday, April 7, 2013

God's Ways... and Our Ways

It's humbling to be reminded of the difference in the way God acts - and we act. I came across the following words in Richard Foster's Sanctuary of the Soul. He comments on the following scripture passage...

"As the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts. 
As the rain and the snow
    come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
    without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
    so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
    It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
    and achieve the purpose for which I sent it."
(Isaiah 55:9-11

He then adds: "God's ways are like the rain and snow that gently fall and sink into the earth... and up comes the life. What a contrast with our ways, which involve wanting to open up another person's head and tinker around in there a bit! But, you see, God's ways are all patience and love, all grace and mercy. Our ways are all domination and control, all manipulation and guile." (p.  67)

(As a master-tinkerer, I can identify with that!) 

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