“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not My ways.” This is the Lord’s declaration. “For as heaven is higher than earth, so My ways are higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9
My words…
For years, perhaps decades, I have heard and read about the importance of having a personal relationship with You. To be honest, I’m not sure I can do that. It’s that word, relationship, that snags me. In my spirit, that word dissolves. It doesn’t hold up. And here’s why: I have had many relationships over the years ranging from acquaintance to heart-bound love, each between two imperfect people who could “relate” to each other as equals. Whether I acknowledged the relationship with a friendly nod or impassioned embrace, we stood on the same plain. Not so with You. You don’t think or act like I do. You are higher than I in every possible way. Because of Your earthly sojourn and suffering, You can relate to me. But I can’t relate to You. And therein lies my joy. My spirit sings with ecstasy that You exist beyond my comprehension. My heart swells with gratitude that You, my Maker, look upon me with eyes made of love. You and I: Are we not more than a flower depending on rain or a child sustained by milk? There isn’t an English word precious enough to describe “us together.” I pray there is a heavenly word for it spoken by angels. I long to hear it one day spoken by You.
