We can reject it, taint it, ignore it, misread it, use it to deceive and hurt others--and that is just a partial list.
This wiring is our wrestling match while we are in our human bodies.
Are Buddhists hunting for God?
Are Muslims hunting for God?
Are atheists hunting for God?
Are Christians hunting for God?
If we could just make this hunt--this wiring--the conversation, rather than critiquing and erupting on and defaming each other--we might find something amazing in common.
The conversation might go like this:
What is your view of God? Who is He to you?
What life experiences got you to that view?
Where do you look for confirmation of your view?What if we listened to each other's hunting stories?
We are typically so tightly moored to our version of the story that we insist only that others come to our side.
Mostly we are afraid of others' moorings--interestingly, God is not. He knows how each person could come into full view of His truth and embrace Him in response to their wiring, regardless of culture or faith labels.
Do we want to venture into this world of listening? Do we trust God--and ourselves--enough to ask Him to help us embrace others' quests and find truth together?
What a different world that would be.
Tomorrow: the Story that is above our story.
