So many thoughts percolating in my brain from our chats last night at Bosch, many of which I’m likely to blog about soon… and to start the day in such a joyful way, my heart is overflowing. Every day is a new day for faith. Every day is a new opportunity to grow closer to God.
O SON OF LOVE!
Thou art but one step away from the glorious heights above and from the celestial tree of love. Take thou one pace and with the next advance into the immortal realm and enter the pavilion of eternity. Give ear then to that which hath been revealed by the pen of glory.
-Bahá'u'lláh (from The Hidden Words)
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Here's a beautiful quote, explained neatly, from the Sikh faith. And I thought it was apt for the way it also ties in to your previous post on man's moving faith and doubt for God.
'Another verse from Guru Granth Sahib describes human relationship with God in this way:
"If you take one step towards God,
God takes twenty steps towards you."
God wants us to take the first step, like a parent wanting their child to take the first step. The child who is unsure, nearly falling, unsteady, frightened, concerned, perhaps upset and the parent is aware and sensitive, yet waits, ready, with open arms to receive. Similarly God encourages us to take the first step and then takes twenty steps towards us, twenty more than we do, bestowing on us love, compassion, warmth, joy and goodness in abundance.'
It is comforting to know that we need only turn ur faces 'Godward' as that compilation continues, and God will be ready to take us into His arms.
Beautiful - thanks for sharing this quote! I will surely call it to mind in the future. The analogy of the parent and child learning to walk is quite useful.
Another quote, from a most delightful book called "Mister God, this is Anna", which sums up brilliantly how God is there with all his love, waiting for us to take the first step. The words are of a precocious little child:
"This is the curious nature of Mister God, that even while he is at the centre of all things, he waits outside us and knocks to come in. It is we who open the door. Mister God doesn't break it down and come in, no, he knocks and waits."
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