God Descending

by Rebecca Bynum (May 2014)

The Sombrero Galaxy NASA/ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA)

On the other hand, if we decide to participate in the great evolutionary adventure and to grow toward God, we will not only discover who we truly are in the here and now, but also begin to glimpse that great immortal being we will eventually become. Once our will becomes consecrated to doing the will of the Father, our purpose becomes one with God and thus unchanging and eternal. The meaning of life is then found.

As we move through time and mature, we are able to reflect upon more and more of the past and thus project further and more accurately into the future, and by doing so we evaluate potentials and uncover possibilities. Wisdom and judgment come with maturity and begin to release us from our slavery to the present. When the evaluation of potential is coupled with spiritual insight and guidance, then a higher plane of living is attained and the myriad difficulties of the present are more easily endured. True wisdom is dawning as our mortal minds begin to comprehend deity and we meld our purpose to his.

As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend;
That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend
Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new.
– John Donne

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