MY THOUGHTS ARE NOT YOUR THOUGHTS

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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