Cooperating With God

Ann (no "e") Voskamp is our favorite blog author.  There are two reasons, I suppose, that I enjoy reading her writing: she thinks about things that I think about; she loves to play with words.


She says,

"...life is not a thing to be wrestled with, subdued and conquered; life’s a beauty to be considered. God didn’t say control the landscape, but to consider long the lilies...."

Elsewhere, and likewise, we found this quote,

"For the Christian, time is not meant to be a tyrant, ruling over us. Nor is the passing of time to be experienced as an enemy, somehow stealing our youth and opportunity. Rather, time is meant to become a companion, a friend and a teacher, instructing us; offering us a series of invitations to allow the Lord to truly become our King by reigning in our daily lives. Our conscious awareness of time makes it a path along which the redemptive loving plan of a timeless God is revealed and received. In Christ, time is now given back to us as a gift. It offers us a field of choice and a path to holiness and human flourishing."

Read more by Deacon Keith Fournier: Here