Diversity

Reading the Bible to seek confirmation of what we think we "know" is dishonest and unfaithful. The world God created is diverse in its culture, its people, its traditions, and its understandings. This great diversity comes from God. The Bible challenges us to see the diversity of creation as God sees it. This means that sometimes we will encounter Scripture that confuses us, that angers us, that causes us to question what we think we "know." This is how we develop our true relationship with God. We get angry. We apologize. We beg. We ask forgiveness. We are surprised. We get angry. We give thanks. We love. Ours is a complex relationship because God is a complex and wonderful Being.