Rare? Well, that something (opportunity) is not often seen.
And so when I talk about God, I'm talking about the Jesus who invites us to embrace our weakness and doubt and anger and whatever other pain and helplessness we're carrying around, offering it up in all of its mystery, strangeness, pain, and unresolved tension to God, trusting that in the same way that Jesus's offering of his body and blood brings us new life, this present pain and brokenness can also be turned into something new.*Is it possible that God can be trusted with my pain and brokenness, regardless of what picture I have had (past or present) of Him to the contrary?
Is it possible that the God of science and miracles and intervention in others' lives could be interested in me--me--with an intensity of which I've only dreamed?
A God who would care about the things I care about because He cares so much about me?
A God who would take my hand if I offered it and lead me into the very best version of myself and my life in this world?
A God who would see me through all of the tragedy and brokenness that my life might endure?
Sounds like an opportunity too good to be true, i.e., rare or even non-existent.
The Good News? That is the Opportunity found in the Bible, consistently moving us forward as we answer His invitation to do life with Him. What is rare is our willingness to embrace Opportunity as fully as It presents Itself.
Could your heart use a Rare Opportunity?
*Rob Bell, What We Talk About When We Talk About God.
