NOW READING

I am half way through this book -it's amazing. Read this:
"In order to change and grow toward wholeness, I had to get comfortable with mystery. Mystery is that place beyond rational knowing and beyond our capacity to control; therefore, its acceptance felt like a fundamental assault on my way of protecting myself in the world. I had tried to force God into a nice, neat little box of my own construction in order to feel safe and in control of my life, but when I was clinging to my opinions and illusions, I wasn't able to see Who God really was or grow into fulness of Christ's love. I was afraid to let go, but I put down my emotional security blanket in order to movw back to open, childlike trust in god- however HE chose to reveal Himself" (p.81)
...wow....I can relate to every single word.
Carole(http://cjbate.blogspot.com/) blogged about putting God in a box, I couldn't agree more! "In our own way, I think we too, box him in ....picking up our big crayons and marking the places we will allow him to move. I do not want to be left with "Little concentration camps for Christ." I do not want to be in a "little concentration camp for Christ."
How is it that we have "found" a way to box in a God who can not be contained?
He broke out of the temple box and spread throughout the world for all mankind.....we catch his wind and try desperately to shove him back in a box again..
Sometimes the box is old and familiar and sometimes the box has new ribbons on it and is more attractive.... it's still a box.
Surprise us Lord! (by browneyed girl)