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Thursday, March 29, 2012

Back to the whole Tolkien and Mother Teresa thing

I think there's something to the Catholic faith. Their faith is far more tangible than ours. I think that's why, when I'm having trouble seeing the spiritual, I turn to Catholocism; Tolkien, Mother Teresa, Brother Lawrence, Henri Nouwen, and such. Their faith focuses on the Creation, the Fall, the Birth, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection, the Ascension. Protestants focus on faith, grace, mercy, love, joy, forgiveness. All of these latter things are good to focus on, but when I can't see the spiritual plane, I need to look at the former things; to see GOD's hand in the world, not just in my heart and mind. All of history points to GOD: I need to see that sometimes in order to see HIM.
And so I am thankful for my Catholic brothers and sisters. I wish sometime Christians could find the balancing point, because I feel like we Protestants, in our fear of sounding Catholic, miss out. And the same is true for them. Can't wait for GOD to unite all true Believers someday!