MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS
By Fr. Felix (African Times Guest writer)
This is the triumphant conclusion of the second
major section of the Book of Isaiah: God’s ways
are utterly different from human thinking.
In many ways it is comforting to think that God
is not like ourselves. One reason why we cling
to God is to be liberated from ourselves and to
be brought into his marvellous light, living a life
freed from the restrictions, frustrations and self-
centeredness that surrounds and penetrates us.
Obviously God does not have our faults of
selfishness, laziness, malice, lust and greed.
More than that, not being bodily or limited in
any way, God does not plan or think like
ourselves. God does not think things out, with
‘Yes’ and ‘No’, working in concepts or sentences.
God does not laboriously plan what to do,
weighing consequences, advantages and
disadvantages! Even our love is always tinged
with self-interest and concern for ourselves.
God’s love is entirely generous and out-going, a
limitless cascade of love, deluging and
penetrating each of us.
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