Saturday, May 27, 2006

For God so Loved the Birds...

God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.
~Jacques Deval

man, when i read this, i was immediately struck with how aptly this sums up my view, and recent meditations, on the nature of God vs man.

God loves, the end of which is freedom, and provision of needs;
man loves, the end of which is captivity, and poverty of necessities.

God loves, the end of which is sunshine, shelter, food, and flight;
man loves, the end of which is fluorescent lighting, steel bars, processed food, and confinement to a tin can. (hey, that sound's like living on welfare in the big city! hmmm...)

God loves, and loosens our bonds;
man loves, and tightens the noose.

God loves, and sets us free from the penalty of sin and makes us able to choose willingly;
man loves, and tries to entrap another into believing.

...... oooohh, i think i have a vehemence towards 'entrapment evangelism'.... or, 'evangelical entrapment'!!!!!!

i suppose it's too many hours as a child, spent staring at a wall, listening to someone trying to guilt me into what i was supposed to believe..... until i ran so far away that the only voice i heard - the only voice i could here... the only voice i would hear! ....was God's.
Writ and/or posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Outcast, Adopted.

THIS BLOG IS IN NEED OF AN OVERHAUL. there are posts from years back i would not be able to post in good conscience now. i plan to overhaul the blog, and either delete or add a disclaimer to those posts. but that is gonna take time....

The Radical Summons: "Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come." Hebrews 13:13.

"The Spirit never loosens where the Word binds; the Spirit never justifies where the Word condemns; the Spirit never approves where the Word disapproves; the Spirit never blesses where the Word curses." —Thomas Brooks

‎"God receives none but those who are forsaken, restores health to none but those who are sick, gives sight to none but the blind, and life to none but the dead. He does not give saintliness to any but sinners, nor wisdom to any but fools. In short: He has mercy on none but the wretched and gives grace to none but those who are in disgrace. Therefore no arrogant saint, or just or wise man can be material for God, neither can he do the work of God, but he remains confined within his own work and makes of himself a fictitious, ostensible, false, and deceitful saint, that is, a hypocrite." --Martin Luther (W.A. 1.183ff)

i will not let You go: "Jacob's sense of his total debility and utter defeat is now the secret of his power with his friendly Vanquisher. God can overthrow all the prowess of the self-reliant, but He cannot resist the earnest entreaty of the helpless." --Albert Barnes

i will not let You go: "Jacob's determination did not flow from his strength, it flowed from his weakness." --Charles Leiter