10.09.2013
10.04.2013
Harassed by life, exhausted, we look about us for
somewhere to be quiet, to be genuine, a place of
refreshment. We yearn to restore our spirits in God,
to simply let go in him and gain new strength to go
on living. But we fail to look for him where he is waiting for us,
where he is to be found: in his Son, who is
his Word. Or else we seek for God because there are
a thousand things we want to ask him, and imagine
that we cannot go on living unless they are answered.
We inundate him with problems, with demands for
information, for clues, for an easier path, forgetting
that in his Word he has given us the solution to every
problem and all the details we are capable of grasping
in this life. We fail to listen where God speaks: where
God’s Word rang out in the world once for all, sufficient for all ages,
inexhaustible. Or else we think that
God’s word has been heard on earth for so long that by
now it is almost used up, that it is about time for some
new word, as if we had the right to demand one. We
fail to see that it is we ourselves who are used up and
alienated, whereas the word resounds with the same
vitality and freshness as ever; it is just as near to us as
it always was. “The word is near you, on your lips and
in your heart” (Rom 10:8)
-Hans Urs von Balthasar
somewhere to be quiet, to be genuine, a place of
refreshment. We yearn to restore our spirits in God,
to simply let go in him and gain new strength to go
on living. But we fail to look for him where he is waiting for us,
where he is to be found: in his Son, who is
his Word. Or else we seek for God because there are
a thousand things we want to ask him, and imagine
that we cannot go on living unless they are answered.
We inundate him with problems, with demands for
information, for clues, for an easier path, forgetting
that in his Word he has given us the solution to every
problem and all the details we are capable of grasping
in this life. We fail to listen where God speaks: where
God’s Word rang out in the world once for all, sufficient for all ages,
inexhaustible. Or else we think that
God’s word has been heard on earth for so long that by
now it is almost used up, that it is about time for some
new word, as if we had the right to demand one. We
fail to see that it is we ourselves who are used up and
alienated, whereas the word resounds with the same
vitality and freshness as ever; it is just as near to us as
it always was. “The word is near you, on your lips and
in your heart” (Rom 10:8)
-Hans Urs von Balthasar
if we knew
If we knew,
how beautiful He is, we wouldn't stop gazing at Him
how much His heart moves with just once glance of our eyes, we wouldn't stop loving Him
how much our worship changes things, we wouldn't stop worshipping
how our weak prayers change history, we wouldn't stop praying
how worthy He is, we wouldn't stop seeking Him
how much He loves us, we would spend less time doubting and trying to earn His love
how His love is better than life, we would count our lives as rubbish for the sake of gaining Him
how close He is to us, we would turn to Him and actually talk to Him
how good He really is, we wouldn't stop praising Him
how wise He is, we would never doubt His perfect leadership
how much He desires us, we would desire Him so much more
........
how beautiful He is, we wouldn't stop gazing at Him
how much His heart moves with just once glance of our eyes, we wouldn't stop loving Him
how much our worship changes things, we wouldn't stop worshipping
how our weak prayers change history, we wouldn't stop praying
how worthy He is, we wouldn't stop seeking Him
how much He loves us, we would spend less time doubting and trying to earn His love
how His love is better than life, we would count our lives as rubbish for the sake of gaining Him
how close He is to us, we would turn to Him and actually talk to Him
how good He really is, we wouldn't stop praising Him
how wise He is, we would never doubt His perfect leadership
how much He desires us, we would desire Him so much more
........
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