God does not Change

God does not change, but our knowledge of God surely evolves.

                                           Richard Rohr, Blog, January 26,2016

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God does not change

and there is one thing that is absolutely true

no matter how screwed up our theology

no matter how screwed up we are

in our thinking about the world

God does not change

we may see God as a divine busboy (or girl)

with nothing better to do that meet our every need

after all, God is our God

and God belongs to us

not us to God

we may see God as an angry and arbitrary parent

ready to pounce

at our least deviation from the divine code

(which we also make up, for the most part)

we sometimes feel that God is far, far away

(which is silly, since God is within us

as close as our heart, as close as our breath!)

we may at times, live in fear of scarcity

worried that there will not be enough

and we all too often live in fear of all who are not

with us, not like us

of all who do not look the same, or believe the same things

as we do

we may judge and ridicule

hate and exclude

but through it all

God is still there

the same yesterday, today, tomorrow

pure love

we do not always understand that

believe that

accept that

feel that

but God is there

waiting to

“love us into wholeness”(Rohr)

waiting to respond

to all our doubt

and fear

all our greed

and our insatiable hunger for power

with more love

with perfect

love

for God does not change