August 01, 2007> 1:16 PM
for the kingdom of God
Checking through my feed reader today I ran across this post from a monk in Chicago. He is the Prior of a Benedictine Monastery in the city there. Prior Peter spilled out a few very good words that I thought worth sharing with you here.
I know there are a lot of people talking about the Kingdom of God lately, how that's the whole point, etc. I wonder how often, though, we might think about it in this way...
...the quest for the Kingdom of God requires us to go even deeper, renouncing our own preferences, likes and dislikes, even ultimately renouncing our own opinions about God, our images of God and impressions of God, since God is infinitely greater than anything we can imagine about Him. This does not always feel good. Just as the Israelites were frightened by what happened to Moses when he encountered God face to face, we often find our way forward to God blocked by fear of the unknown and fear of losing what is known and is comfortable in our lives.
He's relating this to monastic life specifically in his post, but we should all be able to take a statement like that and weave it into our whole lives, IF we are serious about our lives being woven into the fabric of His Kingdom. If not, then whatever, but seriously - that's good stuff.
News Flash:Monks aren't the only ones called to think like this - just in case you didn't know. Over. Peace.
August 01, 2007
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