Curiosity might have brought about the demise of a few felines here and there over the years, but it's also seen humanity grow, make incredible discoveries, explore space and science, create breathtaking art, achieve progress in equality, human rights and community.
Curiosity is often typecast as a villain, but as is the case with some of our most beloved villains, we might discover it to be a cherished hero.
So my dear friends, don’t reject your curiosity, don’t ignore it, or put it in the corner. Because there is more to learn, more to discover, more for us to become than we could ever begin to imagine. The great mystery that God is, is not to be held at a distance or left untouched.
What do you do with mysteries? What do you do when you’re given a cryptic map? A boat at the ocean's edge? A book unread, or full of blank pages? A car at the beginning of a seemingly never ending track?
You embark on a grand adventure.
You ask, seek and knock. You persistently search and glory in your discoveries. Let wisdom and Spirit walk beside you. Grace will be there to pick you up when you fall, and if you venture too far down a dark path? Well, God himself is with you, even in the darkness (Ps 139).
“I pray you would be an explorer, you would recover delight and wonder and curiosity about your faith, about God, and about the story with which you continue to wrestle.”
from “Out of Sorts” by Sarah Bessey
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Ask your questions, listen with the intent and expectation to learn something new, something you do not yet know. Because the beauty of life is that there is so much we do not yet know.
SUNDAY CHALLENGE:
Make a list of the things you're curious about. What do you want to learn? And how can you go about learning them?
“I pray you would embrace your place in the Body of Christ, your right to learn and test, your right to read and explore. I know that sometimes it seems as if there is more room for wonder and delight, beauty and mystery and grandeur in astrophysics than there is in religion. That’s because religion tells us that it’s all figured out, there is nothing left to learn, here are the answers, so learn them. But instead, I pray you would be an explorer, you would recover delight and wonder and curiosity about your faith, about God, and about the story with which you continue to wrestle.” Sarah Bessey, Out of Sorts.
I wonder what you’ll find?
Much love,
Love the Sarah Bessey quote. You continue to bless us with your insights.