That We Might See Perfection!

I posted this in October of 2007 and I think it speaks to a lot of things we have been discussing here on Boldgrace.

I was sitting on the back porch this morning smoking a cigarette thinking about how perfect God’s creation is.  Some folks struggle with that idea because they are so stuck in a mindset that is based on "getting good".  The reality for each of us is found in knowing we are his perfect creation and that can not be threatened by anything in this world. You may ask, "Why then is there so much chaos in this world?"  Well, for me the answer is simple.  God allowed us to experience the illusion of imperfection in order that we might fully realize our actual perfection.  Think about the only warning he gave to the first human beings.

Gen 2:15-17 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.  And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
From the time I was a young man all I have ever seen out of religion is a constant diet of Good & Evil fruit.  Christians especially have been taught to accuse and excuse.  They accuse others and excuse themselves.  Our whole society is plagued with this type of thinking that all stems from the diet of Good & Evil.  The amazing thing is that when you give up that diet and begin eating of the tree of life a peace comes because reality starts to come into focus.  You see yourself as God actually made you; PERFECT, and this allows you to see others the same way.  All of a sudden your heart is filled with the fruit of a perfect spirit and what is left is the following.
Gal 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
I am certain that eventually God will show every human that has ever taken the journey the reality of who they really are, but until that time my only goal is to continue seeing, feeling, and experiencing the perfect LOVE of God. 

Cliff Jun 7th 2008 11:54 am Thoughts, Cliff 2 Comments Trackback URI Comments RSS

2 Responses to “That We Might See Perfection!”

  1. Redleftyon 08 Jun 2008 at 12:15 am link comment

    Cliff, I really like that perspective on the tree of the knowledge and good and evil. Very insightful!

  2. Cliffon 08 Jun 2008 at 12:40 am link comment

    Thanks Redlefty.

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