Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Space-time and the presence of God


Space and time are fundamental categories of humanity. We live in space-time locations and also think in them as mental categories.

IT enables a certain transcendence over space-time boundaries, but they persist as underlying realities. Its possible to wriggle around time zones for calls, but still frustrating to be at differing ends of the day and, of course, to be outside of the possibility of physical contact. Digital messages can be posted and received at times convenient to each.. That’s great but not as good as it could be.

All that presently strikes me as I am half a world away from loved ones for an extended period.

What a contrast then with access to God through Jesus and in prayerful fellowship. Space-time are irrelevant categories, for there is always and everywhere the same level of access to him. It’s a comforting thought for a traveller, but also a wondrous truth about God and our relationship with him.

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