Isn’t it funny how tricked we get with complexity sometimes? All this philosophy and theology, and yet God simply is. When Moses asked God (in the burning bush) who to tell the Israelites from whom Moses was sent, God simply replied: “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” (Exodus 3:14 NRSV). Nothing fancy, no theological arguments on the nature of God, the Trinity, or anything. Just I am.
I have been waiting for something inspiring to blog about, and today I have found it. The Dalai Lama honoured Archbishop Tutu in a ceremony today, offering him a Tibetan butter lamp. When it came time for Tutu to speak he said this:
“I give great thanks to God that he has created a Dalai Lama,” he said. “Do you really think, as some have argued, that God will be saying: ‘You know, that guy, the Dalai Lama, is not bad. What a pity he’s not a Christian’?”
A preacher with the timing of a stand-up comic, the archbishop continued: “I don’t think that is the case – because, you see, God is not a Christian.”
Source: BBC News | Europe
How beautiful and true this is. I wonder how concerned God is actually with things such as to what religion one belongs. I don’t know for sure, but I would venture to guess that he is much more concerned with where your heart is and what your relationship to him is like rather than the fact that you ascribe to a certain religious tradition.
This is the way I have already been leaning lately, and it is wonderful to hear someone as distinguished as Archbishop Tutu say the same.
As always, let me know what you think!