God does not fit in a Box

“Every word, every image used for God is a distortion more than a description.”

― Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom

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we spend way too much time trying to capture the Sacred

we have our images

our tomes, filled with profundities

our doctrines

we study

we declare

ah, what fools we are!

we cannot capture God

in our words and our thoughts

any more than we can capture the wind

our philosophies and ideologies

become entombed flesh

and ultimately rot

and stink of deadness

God is all about empty tombs

and about glimpses of the holy

that can only be lived and experienced

in the morning sun,

in fresh snow on the mountain,

in the laughter of children

grab hold of that moment

when you know you love

and know you are loved

remember being in a lovers embrace

and the sloppy kiss of your child (or grandchild)

remember a smile,

or the eyes of compassion

remember an act of kindness

given and received

remember that moment

grace full

burden free

when you walked lightly

grab hold of that moment

for in that moment,

for just that moment,

(before you start to think about it too much)

God is