November 7, 2006
Daunting
Perhaps this should have been my very first attempt at putting some thoughts in order; It makes a lot more sense to count the cost before attempting to spill thoughts onto a platform that will have to – in some form – bear up under public scrutiny.
The prospect of having one’s ideas laughed to scorn is a daunting one. Perhaps it is because we would hate to see our creation fall short of approval.
Who’s approval are we seeking? Is it God’s?
Is God’s attribute as Creator in some way communicable to us, His creatures?
Did He also create to meet with our approval? In a restricted sense, yes.
We were created for His glory, but not to approve of Him as a critical art collector might cast a discerning eye upon a coveted piece. Rather, to marvel at Him; to gasp, agape at how every revelation of Himself transcends our feeble understanding.
Nor does God need our approval, whereas without His approval, which is ours in Christ Jesus, He will cast us into the pit, to be eternally seperated from Him.
God’s creation is fundamentally unique, because His creation remains perfect, regardless of any objective opinion. Nor is their any platform of higher criticism.
Our creation is tarnished by how public sentiment deems it. Thus, we are creator, but only as much as our creature-ness allows us to be; confined eternally by our desire for approval.
How does this alter me?
Human approval matters only to the degree in which it stands in concord with God’s approval. To write of things other than meet with this grand standard, is not worthy to be named substance; and can merely aspire to exist as Reflections.
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