A couple months ago I was asked, by one of the greatest questioning students ever, to write a blog about how to properly look at oneself. I don't know if this series of blogs will answer the question well, but I hope it will.
I think to look at ourselves properly we need to understand two relationships each in two distinct ways. I want to write a blog on each and then maybe a couple more to clarify.
The first relationship that we need to understand properly is our relationship to God. And the first aspect of that relationship is how God loves us.
This really isn't a new concept, and anyone that has gone to church very much at all has heard lots about this: which is good, but makes me feel as if I am not giving anyone anything new to chew on.
But let me attempt to take a slightly different, and more philosophical, twist to this idea. In philosophy there is a concept called pure volitional freedom. This concept describes a certain level of freedom; the highest level.
When we say someone is free, what do we mean? Usually we mean that they are able to do what they desire. But is anyone truly free? Are we free to touch the clouds, or fly with the birds? Are we free to take a trip to the moon, or to explore the dark cold depths of the oceans? The answer is obviously no. Freedom when dealing with people means societal freedom. Freedom to not be stopped by someone, but we are by no means free in that other sense. Free to do whatever comes into our minds.
But this IS the freedom that God has. He is free to do what He wills. He has no boundaries or limitations. What He decides will occur, will occur. What He decides will exist, will exist. If He wants pizza, He's got pizza! No questions asked.
Let's think about that for a moment. A Being of pure volitional freedom, that could do anything He so chooses to do, decided that what He really wanted, was to reach out and love you, to make a myriad of pleasures and an abundance of people to enjoy those pleasures, to set a desire in our hearts to be a part of some great story and then give us the opportunity to do so. This Being who could have anything He wanted, decided that He wanted you. And He was willing to pay an awful price to have that relationship.
This is the first aspect of our relationship with God that needs to be understood in our hearts. May we never forget.
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