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I use electricity, though I don’t know the complex laws of physics that
make electricity electric. I drive a car
that I could never put together if you dumped it in my driveway completely
dismantled down to the nuts and bolts. I
continue to eat food though I’m very vague on how my own digestive system
operates. I say all of this as a reminder that I go through life day to day fairly successfully without knowing a whole lot about anything. The same holds true when it comes to my belief in God and my trust in Him. I can’t conceive of how God is eternal, having always existed. To say that He exists outside of time helps some, but I’m not sure what existing outside of time means. I find it impossible to comprehend how God can know the future and nothing surprises Him. What’s really hard to figure is why He’d create us humans in His image so we could have the delight of knowing Him. He knew full well we’d blow it by sinning, and He knew that if He was to redeem the situation He’d have to send His Son to be one of us and die for us. Why would He create creatures it would cost so much to love? Speaking of the Son, that brings up the incomprehensible concept of the Trinity: God is one God, but is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. I believe it because that’s how God reveals Himself, but it’s never been explained to my satisfaction. I believe in, worship, and seek to serve a God I comprehend very little of. On the other hand, God wouldn’t be God if I could understand everything about Him! “Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?” Job 11:7 | My Photo of the Week ![]() Tree in Fog |