Paula @ Gracefilled Moments This post is part of the Five Minute Friday blog link-up. Where I join up with a community of writers and bloggers of all ages and stages who gather around a single-word prompt to free-write, unscripted, unedited, for five minutes. This week’s word prompt is {{Absence}}
The Bible speaks often of how God is the ultimate source of all life and the universe. We can see this in the way that He’s described as being the light of the world. This means that in the absence of God, there’d be nothing else.
The Bible also speaks of how things that are in the absence of another can still be of value. For example, when Jesus was on the cross, He said “It is finished”. In this moment, Jesus was in the absence of the Father— yet He still completed the task He was given. This shows us that we can still find meaning and purpose even when we feel like we are alone.
God is the ultimate source of all things, and without Him, we wouldn’t have the beauty and joy that we experience in life. But He has also given us the capacity to find value and purpose in the things we have in the absence of another. We can find joy in the simple things, comfort in knowing that God is still with us, and love in the people around us
Ultimately — Evil is the absence of God
“Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is not like faith, or love that exist just as does light and heat. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God’s love present in his heart. It’s like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.”
Albert Einstein
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Evil means that God ain’t there,
and His broad back has been turned,
but does that mean that He don’t care,
and that our fate has been earned?
Or is He working on the sly,
conspiring behind the scenes
to ensure we will not die
even if this truly means
that He has gotta take our place,
one more time and once again
so that we’ll receive the grace
that is ransomed by His pain,
and hopefully we’ll come to see
His window to Eternity.
Oh how I anticipate his window to eternity. Thanks for this beautiful sonet Andrew.
Jesus was in the absence of the Father— yet He still completed the task He was given. This shows us that we can still find meaning and purpose even when we feel like we are alone. <— this is awesome! I shared your post on Twitter. It was a heartfelt post. I could feel your heart and love of Christ.
Amen indeed Jennifer ❤️
evil….
When God isn’t there.
And sometimes we think
God is there, when we do things that aught not be done, even if we “use his name” in the doing of them.
We need to be more mindful eh?d
FMF15
Indeed.
Good food for thought, Paula, and thanks for sharing that quote by Tim Keller. That is something for me to ponder as well.
Your welcome Sandra.
We cerainly were on the same tract, weren’t we?
At least because of Jesus, when we feel absent from God, we know He is present always.
Yes we we’re.
Thank you. I found both quotes very interesting points to ponder.