Mystery
Ford Madox Brown. Jesus Washing Peter's Feet. 1852-56. "What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later." Poor Peter--always lacking in understanding. Who can blame him? His teacher has just said he wants to wash his feet, which is not such a pleasant task in a world of dust and sandals. The sentence above is what sticks with me today. I feel surrounded by mystery lately--the mystery of living in community, the mystery of Jesus' great love for me, and the mystery of God's calling me to a new way of living. I don't know how to find the words to express the depth to which I feel that mystery in my life on a daily basis. (That's part of the reason for silence on this blog.) What I do know is that it's okay that I don't understand. Theology is like that--studying God because you can always know more. You can never fully understand God because God is so much bigger / greater / more than our human minds can compr...