Fast Fridays: 30 Minutes for God: Difference between revisions

We did a little catching up for a new member, and so reviewed the ideas of the last couple weeks regarding "the Living God",  "the Father," "Childlike," and "Wings of Faith", all of which were the foundation of our discussion tonight.  

 

Another big idea was that God is everywhere, and puts no limits upon us -- we place those limits upon ourselves. So when God "hides" knowledge from the wise and the learned, he is not hiding it from them, they are unable to see it due to their arrogance and pride.  The "childlike," instead, are open and curious and so can see what Jesus was showing them. This brings up a question: can someone be only childlike in faith and have no reason?  No!!  That's called my dog. The Lord wants us to reason, he just wants us to reason

 

We discussed how, as the sense of pain signals danger, God's "curses" are not imposed by him but upon ourselves. God didn't punish Adam and Eve -- by disobeying God they punished themselves.

 

We wrapped up discussing how our "concupiscence"  and pride get in the way of seeing one another as brothers and sisters, all of us as children of God.