"Faith takes man beyond the limits of his own finite intelligence. It is therefore 'dark' to him, because he has no longer any facility with which to see the infinite Truth of God, which is nevertheless intimately present to his spirit in the obscurity of theological belief."
Thomas Merton, The Ascent to Truth, p. 152
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I believe man has a finite ambition that limits his own thoughts. No longer are we looking at thoughts, we are therefore contemplateing what God wants from us. I say read the Bible to ensure understanding before you take another step in life, of course that is just me.
What happens when you see the truth? God says with much knowledge comes many stripes. That scared the Hell out of me. I still do good, but I am going to burn if living is learning.
It's a shame because I wanted to walk on clouds some day.
Have a great day, my friend.
I think that your thoughts are concert with what the Psalmist said and meant in Psalm 139:
17 How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.
I am so glad for God's abundant forgiveness - it is because of Him not because of me that I believe some day I will be a cloud walker
ron
very good thoughts. I see you growing in faith more and more everyday.
keep on keeping on!
ron
"Faith, the wisdom of the ages" - well said.'
Hope you are having a nice day
ron
Another great post, as usual. I've been absent due to my laptop finally died. We went shopping and decided instead of buying another lap, so we got a really nice PC.
I hope you and yours have been doing well.
Thank you for the comment.
Reading Merton and deciding what to choose to put up for all of our edification and challenge is not easy. He has so many thought-provoking ideas in his books.
So I take a stab and I am amazed how many people find what I am lead to put up on any particular day as an encouragement or a spur to think deeper about spirituality.
again, glad to see you are back up and running.
Say hi to your love
ron
Have a serene evening
You have captured the secret of the spiritual journey - one step at a time.
ron
It is often assumed that faith and reason are antithesis of each other. This position would suggest that if something is reasonable, then it isn't faith. Others would argue that our faith is reasonable - which is Merton's perspective. Merton would say that faith is not anti-rational; faith is actually reasonable and built on a reasonable foundation.
I must say that it is late here as I am answering this so please excuse me for not being able to give more insight than what I have written. Feel free to comment and I will come back again.
ron
Faith is the foundation of all of life. Think how much faith you use everyday just waking up and driving to work, or school, or to visit a friend. I just saw a guy this afternoon blow through a red light - fortunately there was no traffic in the intersection.
I think people underestimate how often faith is involved in their lives.
thanks for commenting.
ron
Stop over to my place and offer up some support, and also tell June, as Shadow really likes and cares for the both of you.
Just thinking of you and stopping by to say hi
Have a great day tomorrow and make someone smile - God bless
ron
Thanks for the kind thoughts - I have been taking care of the house and working a lot of hours and so have not been around much - as June was gone two weeks - hopefully will be home tomorrow
ron
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Ah, yes, opening the soul - do you think this is a lost art today? I see people lost in their cyberworld or in their entertainment life - taking little time to nurture their souls.
thanks for the observation - I agree with you
ron
Ah, yes, opening the soul - do you think this is a lost art today? I see people lost in their cyberworld or in their entertainment life - taking little time to nurture their souls.
thanks for the observation - I agree with you
ron