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Sorry for being M.I. A for 7&8 but we feast on all your thoughts and observations. This book is challenging but not as in difficulty but in self examining in light of His wisdom. “But in God boundless wisdom and endless power are united (like the hypo static Union), and this makes him utterly worthy of our fullest trust” That is peace! We don’t know what he may be doing in and through our lives but we can trust his good character and believe to the point that we actually “fear not”.That is truest wisdom. God only wise.
God allows us to glean his grace through the lives of these bible characters seeing his faithfulness not only to them but also to his own promises to bring about his purposed end. He wins/we win!
Add to this freedom from all time and space and no changes. Incommunicable WOW! Yet he allows us to participate in SOME of his attributes. Being renewed!
We try to use wisdom to figure out what God is doing or asking during times of stress, depression etc but without clear answers yet God knows and continues toward our good. Our best position is to be in the scriptures.
Vanity of vanities?? We quest understanding but from what viewpoint? Ours? God knows what he is doing and does ALL things well.
Faith and faithfulness. Don’t quit God because he never quits us. God is at work