Hey dad! I took it to mean that all of the physical world has things to tell us about God, and I think that's what Ware was getting at, too. Honestly to me it doesn't sound like something Jesus would say, or at least not like the things written down in the New Testament. But I like that image of turning over rocks and looking at the things living there or the traces of wind and water and geological movements, or of splitting wood and seeing the pattern of the tree's growth, and being able to encounter God that way. What do you think?
"... Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree." —Joyce Kilmer
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world." Psalm 19:1-4
"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
Who are you?
ReplyDeleteWho am I, or who said that?
ReplyDeleteWho said that?
ReplyDeleteDad, is that you? According to Kallistos Ware, early Christians attributed that saying to Jesus. I don't know if it's true, but I like it anyway!
ReplyDeleteIt's me. Then, if it was Jesus, I don't understand the saying.
ReplyDeleteHey dad! I took it to mean that all of the physical world has things to tell us about God, and I think that's what Ware was getting at, too. Honestly to me it doesn't sound like something Jesus would say, or at least not like the things written down in the New Testament. But I like that image of turning over rocks and looking at the things living there or the traces of wind and water and geological movements, or of splitting wood and seeing the pattern of the tree's growth, and being able to encounter God that way. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteI get it. Jesus is speaking through His creation.
ReplyDelete"... Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree." —Joyce Kilmer
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world." Psalm 19:1-4
"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
It's from the Gospel of Thomas! heh...
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