knowing God
Prayer is God's work: Ruth Burrows, Carmelite sister
“There is the danger of protecting ourselves from God by striving to be passive. The ‘I’ is very active in its attempt to surrender.”
Sunday, September 5, 2010: Psalm 139:1-6, 13-18
John Calvin grounded our need to know God in our createdness: "What is the chief end of human life?" he asked, and answered, "To know God by whom we were created." This yearning is not the same as our need to "know" other human beings.