Sunday, October 31, 2010

Clairvaux Manifesto, page 185

(quote) Faith allows God to be God. Faith believes in God’s character, in God’s very Word. Faith trusts and acknowledges the understanding and wisdom of that Holy Other, who is wholly other than us. Faith is not stubborn. Faith is not manipulative. Faith can never tell God what to do. Faith can never anticipate what God will do (though God will, of course, do what is just and right). Faith is the most miniscule, flexible, and vulnerable part of human consciousness. Faith is what God targets in us and draws out of us. Can faith handle all that insurmountable glory funneled into the body, soul, mind, and strength of Jesus Christ?

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