A while ago our pastor read an excerpt from Brennan Manning's "the furious longing of God." It's the same author as "The Ragamuffin Gospel." I had read that book in Joshua, so I was interested in this one, especially since I liked the excerpt even though I don't remember what it was about.
I' been wanting to read it for a while, but it was rather expensive so I never got around to it. I finally bought it this week though (not paying rent made it less expensive). It's just a little thing. Last weekend when Doug was out of town I couldn't sleep so I started reading. I got to page 100 before I was tired enough to go to bed (like I said, it's small so it's not as impressive as it sounds).
Overall I liked it. It was completely different than what I thought it was going to be. I always misunderstood the title as "the furious longing FOR God," thinking that it would be from our side and how humanity craves a God. But nope, it's about God's longing for us.
It wasn't as good as "The Ragamuffin Gospel," which I plan to read again once we unpack and I find it. But I thought that I'd post some of the quotes that really stuck out to me. The kind that made me actually underline it in the book (gasp!):
"The men and women who are truly filled with light are those have gazed deeply into the darkness of heir own imperfect existence."
"The foundation of the furious longing of God is the Father who is the originating Lover, the Son who is the full self-expression of that Love, and the Spirit who is the original an inexhaustible activity of that Love, drawing the created universe into itself."
"Jesus, the incarnation of the furious longing of God, wants more than a close relationship with you and me; He seeks nothing less than union."
Edited: As I was in the shower, I was thinking about the book again and remembered a quote that I had forgotten about, and apparently missed while I was flipping through my book. It was a quote of St. Augustine, and for me it's powerful:
Quia amasti me, fecisti me amabilem.
Quia amasti me, fecisti me amabilem.
(In loving me, you made me lovable.)
2 comments:
the last one reminds me of what they talked about in church on saturday. which reminds me, i wanted to have a discussion with you about that sometime when we hang out. i had some questions and thought we could mull over them together. :)
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