tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17774540.post5300807846367333206..comments2023-10-19T04:43:36.599-05:00Comments on Nkosi Sikelel'i Afrika: Emmanuel - God With UsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00289401259041958499noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17774540.post-60409356083896499482006-11-30T12:29:00.000-06:002006-11-30T12:29:00.000-06:00I love Job, as I do most of the OT. My favorite pa...I love Job, as I do most of the OT. My favorite part is when God *does* finally chime in and says, "Where were YOU when I was doing all the hard work?" In essence, "Who the hell do you think you are?" I also like that his friends, worthless in their speech, first sit with him in silence for 7 days, just being there with him. That's why I go to the nursing home, after all. <br /><br />Last night I studied Esther. That, together with your blog entry, points out to me how we impose God when God isn't always there. God doesn't behave as WE expect God to do (imagine that!), so we "make up" an attitude, words, even presence for God, especially in the OT stories. And I wonder, does that mean we're filling in a blank that makes us uncomfortable, or that we are so sure God is fully present in creation that God doesn't always have to be named to be present? I say, Yes. Both. And it is our faith that allows us to live in the ambiguity, the "liminal space" as one of my friends says. <br /><br />You continue to blossom; will the beauty never end?Pastor Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07166160176074966232noreply@blogger.com