The seventh day of creation is the most eloquent and insightful as to the nature of God. From … - Margaret Feinberg

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Margaret Feinberg

The seventh day of creation is the most eloquent and insightful as to the nature of God. From a literary perspective, the Sabbath forms the pinnacle of the story. Like the dramatic kiss of a soldier returning from war, this is the moment we’re not meant to miss. In choosing rest as the grand finale, God reveals himself as one driven by neither anxiety nor fear but one who finds gladness in both the work of creation and the creation of work.

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Many of us say we want to experience God, but we don’t look for his majesty. [Tweet this] We travel life’s paths with our heads down, focused on the next step with our careers or families or retirement plans. But we don’t really expect God to show up with divine wonder.

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God is constantly on the move. I cannot stay where I am and follow God at the same time; responding requires movement.

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Sometimes you have to poke holes in the darkness until it bleeds light.

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Prayer might not change things, but it will change my perspective of things. Prayer might not change the past, but inevitably, it changes the present.

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Wide awake to the presence of God, I realized I had been so focused on asking why a good God allowed bad things to happen that I was missing out on the nearness of God all along. In becoming preoccupied with the why, I was missing the who.

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