I view God through the lens of someone that has not grown up in the church and been shaped by the tradition that seems to think it knows what is right and what is wrong. I am open to the possibility of anything happening in our midst and welcoming God into all spaces of life, because truly God is already present in those spaces. I don’t believe we can explain it away either. It is something that we sense in our inner being and something that reaches out to be accepted and loved. Truly, it is a mysterious way. God may call us all in different directions, yet we are all centered in the one eternal being.
William Cowper’s hymn, God Moves in a Mysterious Way speaks some to this. It conveys a message of God’s presence in all things and a desire to be with us in our lives.
- God moves in a mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm. - Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never failing skill
He treasures up His bright designs
And works His sov’reign will. - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take;
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessings on your head. - Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face. - His purposes will ripen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flow’r. - Blind unbelief is sure to err
And scan His work in vain;
God is His own interpreter,
And He will make it plain.
a mysterious way 