It’s been said that some have encountered Christianity and found it lacking. Indeed, I often sympathize with those who have chosen to walk away: in church I am bored, in religion I am dissatisfied, and I rarely understand the terminology many Christians use. American Christianity, as I see it, is utterly confusing based on what I think I know of Jesus.
It’s not that Christianity itself is lacking anything. It is my depth of understanding what it means to follow Jesus that is lacking.
There are moments when I catch a tiny glimpse of the hugeness of God, and I know beyond the shadow of any doubt that the God I follow is the real One. In the Scriptures I hear the notes of a symphony that sings God’s story. I do not hear the whole symphony; only one or two instruments at a time. And then, for a fleeting moment, I hear the harmony of whole of Creation singing at once, and I am reminded that this symphony will be played out in full in its own time.
And that I am, in such a small way, a part of this symphony that has been going on since the beginning… and will continue long after I’ve left this beautiful blue planet. It’s moments like these when I remember that the Creator from whom salvation comes is not lacking in any way. God is not dissatisfying. It is only my perspective that is at fault.
So, then, shall it change.
by Joe Kennedy
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