Enjoying God

A good friend of mine handed me this book called enjoying God that i am currently reading now. (S.J. Hill) I am only on the 2nd chapter, just because when i got there, I could hardly handle some of the stuff... stopped just to soak it in...

King like no other King...

Every statesman trembled before his power. No one dared breathe a word against him, for he had the stregth to crush all opponents. And yet this mighty king was melted by love for a humble maiden.

How could he declare his love for her? In an odd sort of way, his kingliness tied his hands. If he brought her to the palace and crowned her head with jewels and clothed her body in royal robes, she would surely not resist -- no one dared resist him. But would she love him?

She would say she loved him, of course, but would she truly? Or would she live with him in fear, nursing a private grief for the life she had left behind? Would she be happy at his side? How could he know?

If he rode to her forest cottage in his royal carriage, with an armed escort waving bright banners, that too would overwhelm her. He did not want a cringing subject. He wanted a lover, an equal. He wanted her to forget he was a king and she a humble maiden and to let shared love cross the gulf between them.

"It is only in love the the unequal can be made equal"
(Story paraphrased by Philip Yancy, orrigianlly written by Soren Kierkegaard)

If God is the King, and we are the maiden, then wow.

I also was opened up to the idea of... I used to say to people that asked why God created the world that it was because God was lonely... what a load of bunk... (I dont think we'll ever really know) I read in this book that Jesus was arround before time, and shared through the Holy Spirit a perfect intimate relationship with God. Which to me adds to the "salvation story". Jesus / God knew perfect intimact with one another. And wanted to expend that whole thing to us... so the sacrifice seems a lot greater when you have the perfect relationship, but sacrifice your perfect relationship with something that will never never be perfect, except when time stops, and eternity takes over... Just a few thoughts to tickle your mind on a Monday Morning...