There
are great mysteries in life; water floating in clouds, the relation between
time and space, growing of a human inside of a human, the list seems
endless. The greatest mystery to me is
how easily humanity rejects God in the midst of such exuberance. Admittedly I am biased, but only in the sense
that someone who has long lived with a ski boat would be biased toward the joy
of skiing, I am not making up the bias just that my experience informs me of
the meaning that those who have never had a boat may see as meaningless. A pastor raised me and even though for years
I rejected formal religion I never in my wildest, darkest living rejected the
Living, Loving God. God’s exuberance is
overwhelming and the Bible is filled with that testimony. He continually uses visuals, sun, blood,
storms, color, fire—He engages us physically, calling us to the mountain top,
the desert, the lakeside, puts us in storms, in darkness, in light—He fills our
senses with color, thunder, honeycomb, soft fur, and incense—He colorizes
everything, gold, purple, blue, scarlet, green grass and twelve layers of
precious stones—He then creates us as overwhelming receptors to all of this
exuberance and how do most of us respond? —With uncaring apathy. It is like the greatest show on earth, (not
exactly on earth because the earth is much of the show) set its tent in our
backyard and we continually sit on the front porch swatting flies. Nothing prepares you for life with Him, but
one of the greatest benefits is coming to see with what exuberance He has for
your living—fully living.
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| Our dinner prep last night prompted this blog on exuberance. |
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