I want to share two quotes from George MacDonald this week that sum up in simple terms part of the message that I believe Christian Smith was wanting to convey in "The Bible Made Impossible":
"To know God is to be in the secret place of all knowledge; and to trust him changes the whole outlook surrounding mystery and seeming contradictions and unanswered questions from one of doubt or fear or bewilderment to one of hope. The unknown may be some lovely truth in store for us, which we are not yet ready to apprehend. Not to be intellectually certain of a truth does not prevent the heart that loves and obeys that truth from getting the goodness out of it, from drawing life from it because it is loved, not because it is understood." (from MacDonald's book, "The Lady's Confession")
"Doubts are the messengers of the Living One to rouse the honest heart. They are the first knock at our door of things that are not yet, but have to be, understood...Doubts must precede every deeper assurance. For uncertainties are what we first see when we look into a region hitherto unknown, unexplored, unannexed." (from the book, "Discovering the Character of God")
Grace and peace to you this week as you trust our loving, living God...
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