Going Out with Joy

'It is not uncommon nowadays to hear people say, "I could never believe in a God who ____," as if God could not possibly be anything other than what is congenial to our own thinking. If a laboratory scientist took such a cavalier attitude toward physical reality, he'd be laughed out of his profession. If he said something like "I could never believe in a phenomenon as destructive as nuclear fission," his foolishness would be obvious. The truth would still be true whether this fellow approved of it or not. Why then, when the realities, are spiritual, do we think we can predetermine what we'll allow to be true and then judge God accordingly? Facts are hard things. They rarely shape themselves to fit our feelings. Whatever God is, that is what He is -- and the sooner we lay aside our brash demands concerning what His nature "must" be, the sooner we can get on with real religion.'

~ Gary Henry, Diligently Seeking God, June 26th: "Seeking God and Seeking Truth"

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