My Great Comfort

Lately I have been realizing that though some of our teachings about God are so fundamental, because of their very basic-ness, how much I overlook them. The fundamentals of God's basic qualities, I realize, are not there just for His sake. He holds those qualities because of Us. God by His very nature is Love; if this is the case, He must be compelled to use all His qualities for the utilization of that Love. But Love always involves the Other; We look at the trinity and see Love; God the Father eternally loving the Son, and the Son the Spirit, and the Spirit the Father. But, love is not something that can be contained, even by God since it has an infinite depth that fills God and is filled by Him.

Theologians argue that one of God's greatest mysteries is his "reason" behind creation. I think Calvin said, "God's altar needs not our polishing." But if God is love, and we take this step heartily, then love, by its very nature of being divine, cannot be bound; it is in its nature to overflow, and it must overflow. Perhaps then it's reasonable to think that God by His very nature, and not out of a "reason," was obliged to create something that can love Him even outside of himself, Us. And I capitalize Us for a reason; we are God's lovers, and God is our lover, and because we are in His image, we capture His love for us and we reflect it back to Him and to one another. Because Love's very nature is to expand and ever-widen, it has an infinite depth that cannot be stifled.

Paul says something similar, "For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse." (Romans 1:20) We perceive God in His creation, not just in earth, but in our relationship to one another; Relationships based on love reflect God, and because such things have always existed, mankind has always been knowledgeable of God. Love is evidence of God.

What use is it if God is omnipotent, but does not wield it for good?
Or if he is omniscient, and does nothing with that knowledge?
Or if he is omnipresent, if it does not reach out to the suffering?
His qualities must have every relevance in every aspect of our ho-hum lives.

All this is too theoretical. I'm just blabbing.

The Omnipotent, William Blake