Lamb of God
by Gil Reed, Napanee, Ind.
It will be interesting to see what sort of responses to Everett J. Thomas’ article “Agnus Dei: Lamb of God” (March 18) you get. What Thomas wrote is extremely hard to communicate in words alone. To actually know that God loves me requires more than Sunday school talk. I must have a deeply personal experience. Even saying that doesn’t do justice to the daily, eternal affair with such a wildly flamboyant lover.
To somehow discover that the Creator God made and gave the very essence and totality of creation for me is one thing. But to see and hear and feel that very Person, that Presence—for lack of a better way to say it—is a “divine orgasm.” Congregational members would do well to read the article together and, after much prayer, share in conversation about their experiences. Leave the “loving our neighbor as ourselves” for a much later conversation, since we are already drenched in the mad rush to do that.
When I talk to my nonchurch family and friends about this God, I always speak in as simple, everyday language as possible what Thomas expressed so ably to those of us who should already know it. Few of us in the church have a grip on what he has written.
Associated Issue: Agnus Dei: Lamb of God - March 18, 2008
Associated Article: Agnus Dei: Lamb of God
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