Nice work Curtis. I enjoyed spending the day with this group, slinging a little paint and later showing them around the Bratislava castle.
Having been raised in a family which valued faith, church and hope in the eternal, it has been quite natural over the years to assume that my grasp of God’s character is valid and sufficient. Through the passage of time one thing has become clearly evident to me, because of the incomprehensible depth of His nature, I need a constant and on-going revelation of who God is. The result of such a process, I have learned, is a deeper knowing of God’s true character, by the power of the Holy Spirit, which has led me to a more intimate, trusting embrace of His relentless love for me. And as I look at the horizon of my faith journey well off into the distance I can see a vast and limitless path leading ever deeper into the heart of God and His unsearchable love. In addition I have also discovered that part of the answer to the question’ why do I go in search of another love’ lies in the way I was designed by my creator. My heart has been wired to desire love and acceptance of my fellow human beings. I want to feel connected to other people and want them to desire to be connected to me. This is, of course, all very natural and healthy in the context for which it was designed. The problem for me, and I suspect many others, is I am unable at times to keep this natural desire in its proper context. I find myself putting too much importance or emphasis on the acceptance or approval of others which ultimately diminishes my capacity for receiving and embracing God’s love. God desires and expects that He will be given the most prominent place in my heart. And He has every right to have that expectation. God is perfectly deserving to have all of my love and affection, mind, soul, body and strength. But with true love comes freedom and certainly God has given it. The freedom to give my heart to whomever I choose and the freedom to embrace or reject any love offered to me, including God’s.