Food for thought
The philosopher and the scientist will admit that there is much that they do not know; but that is quite another thing from admitting that there is something which they can never know, which indeed they have no technique for discovering. To admit that there is One who lies beyond us, who exists outside of all our categories, who will not be dismissed with a name, who will not appear before the bar of our reason, nor submit to our curious inquiries: this requires a great deal of humility, more than most of us possess, so we save face by thinking the Father down to our level, or at least down to where we can manage Him. Yet how He eludes us! For He is everywhere while He is nowhere, for “where” has to do with matter and space, and He is independent of both. He is unaffected by time or motion, is wholly self-dependent and owes nothing to the worlds His hands have made.
A.W. Tozer, The Knowledge of the Holy
Oh I love it! So deeply true. I wrote a post on my blog yesterday–prompted by my daughters repeatative prayer, “God. Thank-you Home.” and your post yesterday with the NPR video. It is not as eloquent as this post–nor as your post are–but, it is grounded in the same idea and thought process. Our 3-year old has taught me more about God than science and research for sure. I have always had a sense with her that something is just plain not of this world. That she has always had a relationship with God, and that she is so grounded and adjusted to everything because of His presence in her life ALWAYS. Her repeatative prayer is only one of many signs of this.
Thank you for your insight and beautiful post. I referenced your blog on my post yesterday.