In Reply to: Re: crossing the line?? posted by Bystander on December 09, 2002 at 10:23:14:
but ljr aside, i do truly believe the creator of the universe is absolutely in love w/ us. (however, He certainly does not need anyones sex organs to fulfill his needs!)
i read a beautiful quote from the writer kathleen norris:
"one morning this past spring i noticed a young couple w/ an infant at an airport departure gate. the baby was staring intently at other people, and as soon as he recognized a human face, no matter whose it was, no matter if it was young or old, pretty or ugly, bored or happy or worried looking he would respond w/ absolute delight.
it was beautiful too see. our drab departure gate had become the gate of heaven. and as i watched that baby play w/ any adult who would allow it, i felt as awestruck as jacob,because i realize that this is how God looks at us, staring into our faces in order to be delighted, to see the creatures he made and called good, along w/ the rest of creation. and, as ps.139 puts it, darkness is as nothing to God, who can look right thru whatever evil we've done in our lives to the creature made in the divine image.
i suspect that only God, and well-loved infants, can see this way."