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How do you listen to a friend describe an encounter with the Divine? Trying to listen is as hard as trying to describe. God is beyond us. Our own existence is beyond our own ability to understand. We can’t even comprehend ourselves. How could we ever comprehend the God Whom we reflect? How could we ever find words to describe a thing we cannot comprehend?

To understand the God Whose Image we bear, one need look no further than one’s neighbor. Those around us reflect a piece of ourselves and all of us reflect certain aspects of our common Creator. One cannot understand the God Who is Love without loving His Image all around.

God binds us together, through all aspects of the Trinity. The Father holds us. The Spirit connects us. The Son relates to us, even in our temporary strengths and limitations.

When someone encounters this incomprehensible God, the experience is beyond words.  · · · →

The topic of “offenses” is referred to in the Bible and relates to Jesus’ teaching about End Times (Mt 24:10). Paul also discusses the topic in relation to the End Times (2 Tim 3). This is different from leading people into sin (Mt 18:7, Lk 17:1), though it relates on the grander level of the topic.

“Offenses” between Christians is an important topic. It can help to understand some causes and their “flow” or order of the “domino effect”.

Offense, theoretically, should never happen to a mature Christian. If you are offended, that indicates an area you can grow in. Jesus was never “offended”, even when he cleansed the Temple.

Usually, when we are offended, we look at whatever offends us from a perspective of “that person was wrong”, but we don’t categorize their wrong doing properly. To overcome something that offends you, evaluate the nature of the offense right away.  · · · →