The above is of course a title to a James Bond movie … I can no longer remember what the plot was about…but titles seem to stick a bit more in my mind.
Recently I have been reading The Shack…I know, I got a late start on it and most of you have long ago read and finished it. I got into it because my grandson read it and asked my opinion. I deny him little so picked it up from our church library.
On page 108, Mack shares with Papa, Jesus and Saray, the stories of his children. Then he realized that they know all about them and ponders why they had bothered to ask him.
The reply is that they (The Trinity) takes delight in seeing them through Mack’s eyes.
It is rather an enriching concept.
A recent Devotional during Session spoke of God knowing all things and I questioned why should we pray to Him then? I guess it is much like my knowing exactly how my daughter felt when she held her first child and yet I delighted in her sharing that experience with me.
Seniors have lived through a good deal during the years and there is a overwhelming desire to share those experiences with anyone who will listen…often listeners are few and far between. It takes a rejection of self to sit and listen and delight in someone else’s experience. And it has to be sincere but It can be a real eye-opener. Suddenly there is a 2nd opinion that had not been on your screen…it can be a satisfactory and learning experience.
I am slowly working my way through The Shack. I have heard different opinions about it but I have not yet formed any of my own.
On Friday mornings when my Bible Study ladies visit I remind them that what I share with them that morning is just my understanding of God. He may have quite a different message for them as he knows ways of reaching into their hearts…he knows their past, present and future and what his plan is for them. I pray the message that they receive on Friday mornings is a glimpse of what he wants to say to them…because his message is for their eyes only.
