Comments on: Seeing the Divine… http://solarcrash.com/2007/04/seeing-the-divine/ Creativity, Faith, and Culture in the City Thu, 17 May 2012 21:18:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Lon http://solarcrash.com/2007/04/seeing-the-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-1727 Lon Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:09:23 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/04/20/seeing-the-divine/#comment-1727 Parke, I've read pursuit of God years ago, but I have next to no recollection of it. I'll definitely check it out again. I feel the same way about nature, it's so fantastic, yet sometimes it seems like there's so little of it around me. I think it'll be an entire lifetime of developing the eyes to see God everywhere. Now that I think about it, i feel that there are certain realms that I 'see' God quite well in... music, movies, personal experiences and struggles... yet what you mention about people is interesting. maybe that should be where we see God best... afterall we're created in His image... if only we weren't such messy creatures as well. Parke, I’ve read pursuit of God years ago, but I have next to no recollection of it. I’ll definitely check it out again.

I feel the same way about nature, it’s so fantastic, yet sometimes it seems like there’s so little of it around me. I think it’ll be an entire lifetime of developing the eyes to see God everywhere.

Now that I think about it, i feel that there are certain realms that I ‘see’ God quite well in… music, movies, personal experiences and struggles… yet what you mention about people is interesting. maybe that should be where we see God best… afterall we’re created in His image… if only we weren’t such messy creatures as well.

]]> By: parke http://solarcrash.com/2007/04/seeing-the-divine/comment-page-1/#comment-1726 parke Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:10:32 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/2007/04/20/seeing-the-divine/#comment-1726 You may find it valuable to read(reread) Tozer's Pursuit of God (especially chapter 5) in regards to this point. He has some excellent thoughts about how we need to embrace the concept of a God who is always present. I've asked myself in many places where I can see God. From the coasts of California to Dallas to Chicago to the coasts of Jersey there is always something of God. Often for me it's in the natural life around me (as Tozer references and Paul did before him), but sometimes (as in Chicago or Dallas) there is precious little green. It's in those times I was forced to recognize God in the lives of people around me as you mention here. I have a hunch that if we're making a habit of constantly looking we'll start to see more clearly with less effort over time. You may find it valuable to read(reread) Tozer’s Pursuit of God (especially chapter 5) in regards to this point. He has some excellent thoughts about how we need to embrace the concept of a God who is always present.

I’ve asked myself in many places where I can see God. From the coasts of California to Dallas to Chicago to the coasts of Jersey there is always something of God. Often for me it’s in the natural life around me (as Tozer references and Paul did before him), but sometimes (as in Chicago or Dallas) there is precious little green. It’s in those times I was forced to recognize God in the lives of people around me as you mention here.

I have a hunch that if we’re making a habit of constantly looking we’ll start to see more clearly with less effort over time.

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