I'm willing to allow this felt sense to be a partial description of what is real, to let it be a part of the divine revelation. But it seems that I must experience it directly, go through it rather than bypass it, if I am to receive the rest of the revelation.
One can draw generalized conclusions about the greater revelation: I am loved, I am a small part of a greater unity. There is a kind of truth in these statements. But I feel that the invitation from God is to experience these realities directly, personally, collectively.
As far as I can tell this is the purpose of the particularities, by which I mean our unique experience of life. We can assert and affirm truths about life and God, but we are all receiving personal invitations to enter into our life "in Christ Jesus." And in this way know--as in the Song of Solomon--our creator, ourselves and each other.
Abba is delighted every time that we respond to this ongoing invitation. What we experience as God's displeasure may actually be the offering of more. Because the invitation to more and deeper knowing through the living of our particular lives is new every morning, we tend to feel that yesterday's RSVP wasn't received.
In effect we want to say, "Enough already! Let me get on with my puny life. I don't want any more of your abundance."
One can draw generalized conclusions about the greater revelation: I am loved, I am a small part of a greater unity. There is a kind of truth in these statements. But I feel that the invitation from God is to experience these realities directly, personally, collectively.
As far as I can tell this is the purpose of the particularities, by which I mean our unique experience of life. We can assert and affirm truths about life and God, but we are all receiving personal invitations to enter into our life "in Christ Jesus." And in this way know--as in the Song of Solomon--our creator, ourselves and each other.
Abba is delighted every time that we respond to this ongoing invitation. What we experience as God's displeasure may actually be the offering of more. Because the invitation to more and deeper knowing through the living of our particular lives is new every morning, we tend to feel that yesterday's RSVP wasn't received.
In effect we want to say, "Enough already! Let me get on with my puny life. I don't want any more of your abundance."
