After the realization that life is hard has sunk down deep into our spirits and left us a bit crushed, God begins to mercifully remind us of who He is.
For me, it was Paradise Lost and Pilgrim's Progress providentially assigned to me in my English Literature class. Particularly, the dialogue between God and Jesus in John Milton's epic poem. Meditating on Adam and Eve and their fall from glory also helped to put things into a bigger and clearer perspective.
Not that we finally grasp all the wonder and glory of who God is and finally worship and love Him as fully as we ought...it's just the relief and calm that comes from just knowing that God is who He is. All that that means may not be apparent to us now, but we know that all of it is true. So, we believe it, embrace it, and move on with it.
Simply, He is our reality.
For me, it was Paradise Lost and Pilgrim's Progress providentially assigned to me in my English Literature class. Particularly, the dialogue between God and Jesus in John Milton's epic poem. Meditating on Adam and Eve and their fall from glory also helped to put things into a bigger and clearer perspective.
Not that we finally grasp all the wonder and glory of who God is and finally worship and love Him as fully as we ought...it's just the relief and calm that comes from just knowing that God is who He is. All that that means may not be apparent to us now, but we know that all of it is true. So, we believe it, embrace it, and move on with it.
Simply, He is our reality.
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