What I read tonight,
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
The theology of the people of God, wandering in the faith of Abraham and Sarah, is a theology of the way--not yet a theology of the home country. It is a theology of exile and exodus, and in all its images and concepts it bears the stamp of the far-off land itself out of which these images and concepts are to lead us. The lament 'How shall we sing the Lord's song in a foreign land?' (Ps. 137.4) is the lament of theology, too, in this world, estranged as it is from God.Reminded me of what we sang on Sunday morning,
Jurgen Moltmann, Experiences in Theology, 50.
Soon shall close thy earthly mission,Which caused me to think,
Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days
Hope shall change to glad fruition,
Faith to sight and prayer to praise
"Jesus, I my Cross Have Taken," Final Stanza
And if I weep, let it be as a man who is longing for his home.Which prompted me to remember that "He who testifies to these things says, 'Yes, I am coming quickly'" (Rev 22:20).
"If I stand," Rich Mullins
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
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