the existence of God
Wednesday, August 27

there are times like these, when God and proof of His being seems to shout from everything around me.

in creation around me, in the very fabric of the nature of my fellow man, in the sure and amazing workings of the human body, the signature that seems to be blazed across all of creation.

in every book i read, i can feel the author grasp a piece of the picture. in every movie, there seems to be proof that people know that He is there. in talk around me, i can hear the closeness, understanding almost grasped.

at times like these, it is almost laughable, that people doubt the existence of God. then i remember that i, too, had not always believed, that i had struggled long and frustratingly for the truth.

and that faith was not merely a matter of knowledge, but carried the full weight of a soul.


proof? proof?

surely, when some of us call for proof, the angels and heaven must be astounded. "proof?" they ask incredulously. "but why do you ask for proof? it is all around you."

some day, our eyes will be completely opened, and we will marvel at our foolishness. i have no doubt of what my response would be: i would burst out laughing, at my own foolishness.



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as i become older, as i pore over it again and again, the story of Abraham and Isaac becomes more and more amazing to me.

kierkegaard is right.

the account is enough to crush a man in his thoughts.


yakob at 2:23 AM

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