and the sun came out..
there will always be turmoil. a constant downpour of stress & situation. circumstances that seem impossible to escape. there will be worry and uncertainty. the splinter in the back of one’s own head, constantly trying to sort through the issue of survival. fear, of whatever it may be, shall always arise. and that feeling of complete inability within the overpowering world.
but all of this, the great and terrible sum of the equation of life, is temporary. not to speak of death, but of the periodic moments of sunlight on this cloudy planet. it is no analogy, but rather i should think it a proof that all things are quite similarly connected. the planet itself has gone through an individual evolution amidst the overwhelming cosmos. and perhaps i daresay that God himself has changed over the years and centuries. not a biological evolution nor a geological development, but rather an exponential increase in understanding love. the true sun whose light springs growth and life.
for it has been taught that God, who is Love incarnate, does not change. but this is nonsense when you consider the power He/Love has. for nothing, no person, who has experienced love was ever the same afterwards. that is to say that while God would have existed before humanity, He would certainly have undergone a great deal of evolution in His own understanding of Himself (Love) as a result of His interaction with humanity. and vice versa.
consider the ‘first’ humans living in paradise with Him. they, like the two year old who curiously touches the hot stove even after being told by their parent not to, disobeyed God and were immediately cast out of paradise. i suppose that if we follow the parallel of the two year old this would mean that upon touching the stove, the child was banished from the house for all time. now, legalities being what they are and morality being as it is, that is still quite a harsh punishment, wouldn’t you say?
so humanity lived on it’s own for a while. things got worse and worse. and eventually they were so bad that God had decided to destroy all humanity, except for one family and start over. quite honestly the largest theo-genecide (that is, genecide prompted by God) in history. but this time, something interesting occurs. and seeing the utter devestation of those He has destroyed, God makes a promise.
Genesis 8:21 ..and the LORD said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.”
so, even after all of that rain and destruction, that brutal vengence of a jealous God, the waters stopped pouring and the sun came out. now while one might argue that God continues to be a brutal and violent fellow, illogical and rash, i tend to think there are other arguments of greater quality which defeat them. we might say that a perfect God, who never changes or grows, might not really be the kind of loving God we’d previously imagined Him to be. but a God so deeply entrenched in His creation that it affects Him and might actually cause His understanding of Love/Himself to grow, i believe this to be the case.
