After posting the Kathleen Norris quote yesterday, “I think sometimes that sacred space is found in an encounter with another person,” I went over to Seth’s blog, Five Cent Stand, and noticed this:
I think if maybe ever’ once in a while we could try to know our neighbor, then maybe we wouldn’t be so worried about predestination or whatever. I think if I can spend about 3 minutes not thinking about myself and ponder the wonders of that tree covered in white flowers, just swaying in the wind like its waving at the sky, I’ll probably get the best theology lesson I’ve had in weeks, maybe years.
After all, Jesus didn’t say, “Consider the Trinity…” or “Consider free will,” or “Consider dispensationalism.”
Nope, He said. “Just sit still for a minute. Stop worrying. Consider those Lilies over there.”
Maybe the best theology lessons are sometimes found in loving our neighbor and looking at lilies.