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February 06, 2005
old and new, new and old
how can something be something very new, and yet something very old?
a western story has a beginning and an end. our time follows in a chronological order. part of the wonder of God's story is that it doesn't follow our understanding of time. when Jesus was born among us, it was a new thing, a wonderful new experience of God and expression of his love for his creation. at the same time, it was a timelessly old thing, a steadfast love that had been there for his people since he made them.
God's work is full of surprise and newness. everyday the Christ-follower, if he or she is open to see it, will catch glimpses and at times what seems to be full murals of how Resurrection comes alive around us. and yet these newnesses in all their extraordinary quality are what God is all about-- God, in all His existence far beyond our chronology and attempts to catch time.
"behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert..." (isa 43.19) Yes, antiquity and before and still today and He's doing very new and old things among us!
Posted by Derrick at February 6, 2005 07:48 PM
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matt 13:51, 52
"have you understood all this?" they answered, "yes." and he said to them, "therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old."
Posted by: derrick at February 7, 2005 05:50 AM