I was thinking of self-publishing a short, simple book on God. Just some very basic stuff that a child could more or less understand. Very short chapters. Maybe some illustrations.
Here's an outline:
1. Mystery -- God is beyond anything we could comprehend. God speaks baby talk to us to give us pictures.
2. Love -- God created the universe not because God had to but out of the overflow of God's love.
3. Knowledge -- In order to design the universe, God must be amazingly smart.
4. Power -- In order to create the universe, God must have more power than we can imagine.
5. Presence -- As God made the universe out of nothing, God's Spirit filled it with God's presence.
6. Immanuel -- God became human in Jesus so that God might be with us and in us and so that we might be with God forever.
7. Good -- God does not cause evil, although God allows it for greater goods. God wants our best. God protects us. God ultimately removes evil from the universe.
8. Parent -- God wants us to grow up to be good too. This means that God gives us the freedom to walk away. God disciplines us at times to help those of us who choose the right path.
9. Authority -- God is ultimately in control. Nothing happens that God does not allow. We are quite fooled if we think we have any authority that God has not given us.
10. Savior -- God wants to save us. God does not want us to self-destruct, although God often does not stop us if we stubbornly refuse help.
3 comments:
There's no way to adequately summarize God in 10 words. But this is a good try.
Can I count #1 as infinity?
Changed the title to "with"
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