I read that on another post.
What does that mean - created us out of His divine Love? And Divine love for who? And why - why not just leave us uncreated? And what sort of love is it that creates other creatures to worship the creator?
Edited to say this is not an ‘‘anti’’ post - I would just like to look further into the ideas.
Sarah x
This is a great subject I have been meditating upon for many months now. If what I am about to say have been said already, perhaps I will complete or reaffirm what others have said, if not, I am glad to share:
To be more precise, love is not what God does, but what God is. So it is impossible for God to love for a while and not love an other while or to change mood etc. In, fact, when we say that God is unchanging, the true meaning is ‘true love is the one that is unchanging’ = God is ever faithful = God is almighty.
So God creates because of his nature: love is creative by its very nature.
And love is not creative because it is bored, but because it fond of giving gifts.
So every creatures has the natural imprint of love: it is a gift. But a gift to who?
God is self-sufficient, He does not need anything.
In God, the three persons are already gifts of each other. Their life is self-gift.
He is Father because the other is Son and vice-versa.
He is Holy Spirit because the others are Father and Son.
Love, self-gift are build in them. It is their nature.
So if creatures are gift, to whom are the gifts given.
Gifts can only be given to a person if they are to be seen in the full truth of what they are: gift.
Gifts also have a meaning, they always mean something, so they lead to something.
What a person eventually realize as a Christian is this:
All creatures were made for man, but not as random meaningless gifts but as messenger introducing the one who sent the gifts before himself.
When a baby is born, the first thing he may notice may not be his mother, or father. But the breast of his mother, the comfort of her arms, the songs, etc…but as the baby grow, he will notice that all those things, were from someone, a person, his mother and father.
So humanity also first notice created things, we study them, we notice that they mean something, we start interpreting what they mean, we eventually realize that they are signs pointing to something. Once, we feel love, and realize that love gives gifts, and realize that all things around us are gifts, then we start wondering who gave them and why. Then we start wanting to see them, then we start calling them to reveal themselves. Then we realize that we can’t force them out, after all we didn’t force the gifts out. So we learn to pray, to be thankful of what we have, and patiently wait with certain faith, that who sent the gifts will eventually come himself. At this point, we are not surprised if we hear that he came, and came as a gift: a baby.
Later we will not be surprise if the baby tells us more about his divine home, talks about the Father, Son,… hmmm obviously, where else did we get these imprint in ourselves if our maker did not know about them. How did we get gifted of relationships if relationships did not exist before any creature come to be? if they were not meant to prepare us for the ultimate relationship?
So At the end, I find that God is himself the ultimate gift. And this gift is what is known as Heaven. So heaven is not a place, but the ‘perfect’ relationship with God; God himself.
true worship = love absolutely.
Evidently, the one who deserve absolute love is the one who is love itself in its best.
God bless
Statuary everywhere! Got some phenomenal photos. Not only the statue but also the shadow of it. Have a good one. Take it easy.