All the furor over God
A quote I read in National Geographic once summed up the problem.
It came from a Berber Muslim shepherd and referred to people who commit
acts of hate and violence: “Because God is mostly silent, some people
think they can do whatever they want in His name.”
I, of course, think of this in regard to those who would leave the
church over Gene Robinson’s ordination. Those people probably
think the same of us who gathered in that hockey rink on Sunday to
assent to his election as bishop. And I’d hope that God’s silence
on the matter pushes us to keep working out our faith in love for one
another.
“Beloved, let us love one
another. For love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of
God and knows God. He that does not love does not know God, for
God is love.Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one
another. No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God
abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know
that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His
Spirit.” I John 4:7-8, 11-13
another. For love is of God, and everyone who loves is born of
God and knows God. He that does not love does not know God, for
God is love.Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one
another. No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God
abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. By this we know
that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His
Spirit.” I John 4:7-8, 11-13
Try a little loving today, and I’ll try the same.
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