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Mystery
MYSTERY Our age dislikes intensely the idea of mystery because it directly exposes our limitations. The thought that there could be something, or someone, beyond human comprehension or imagining is, of course, exciting, but it is also belittling. It puts us in our place and that place is not at the centre. — Cardinal Basil Hume, THE MYSTERY OF THE CROSS, Darton, Longmire and Todd Ltd, 1998, p. 3. [Does that have a familiar ring to it? Somehow it reminds me of Psalm 100:3 — "Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us and we are his; we are his people and the sheep of his pasture." Isn’t that the whole idea behind our worship of Almighty God — that there is One who is "beyond" us in greatness, in holiness, in every area of perfection and goodness; and he is the very One who humbled himself on the cross (see Phil. 2:5-11). What amazing love!] Have a great week, Chip Stam Pastor of Worship and Music Chapel Hill Bible Church Chapel Hill, North Carolina |