God is God no matter what we say about Him
How we argue about His truths or
How we treat each other.
He is who He is no matter what we do about it.
He will continue to be
Good
Perfect
Kind
Compassionate
Gracious
No matter what we say He is, no matter what moniker we give Him or how much we meditate or how little we pray to Him.
He will be God no matter what we believe about heaven and hell and no matter what we believe about gay marriage, troops in the Middle East or about global warming. He will be God regardless of who becomes the president in November and He will be God regardless of what we believe about immigration or healthcare.
God is God no matter what elaborate theological construct we swirl around Him. Whether we prop Him up with Calvinism or Evangelicalism or Catholicism or Judaism. He will remain who He is through all of our arguments and word-wars.
And even still He will be
Slow to anger
Full of grace
Abounding in mercy
We can spend our whole lives trying to
learn,
pinpoint,
and exact
perfectly who God is {not an unworthy goal by any stretch}, but at the end of the day there are parts of the Divine Him that is a mystery.
And that has to be okay.
I do know some small things about God, humbly, I think. I know He is the God who soothes me back to sleep in the middle of the night when I’ve woken up with bad memories. I know He is everyday-longsuffering with me. I know God has given me perfect gifts of time, of people and of witnessing beauty all around me. I know He is a God who saves, who rescues and who loves divinely.
And what I do not know far outweighs what I do know. I think that’s part of the beauty of Him: that He cannot be fully caught in my hand, He cannot be fully grasped by my mind or even my heart and that He remains who He is regardless of my faithlessness and pride.
What do you know about God to be true?
I know that nothing can change who He is…nothing. I can’t express to you how beautiful your writing is today. May our God of infinite beauty surprise you today with a new revelation of who He is!
Cheryl
that’s beautiful Cheryl. And thank you for your kind words!
Yes, oh yes! There is so much I don’t know – so many things that I realize just in the past year that I don’t believe anymore. In fact, I don’t know exactly what I believe about the topics you mentioned. But I’m OK with that! Because HE knows, and that’s all the matters. I believe in Him, I love Him, and He’s big enough to take all the stuff I don’t understand, don’t know what to believe, and still love me. This has been the cry of my heart this last year. I don’t know much, but I know He loves me, and that is all I need.
amen.
This post is BEAUTIFUL. Oh my goodness, you just blessed me more than I can put into words. I, too, know that the ONLY reason I’m here is because of God’s grace and mercy. And for that, I am eternally grateful. I also know that He always blesses us with people at the most perfect times… Like, He just blessed me with you! Thanks for giving me a WONDERFUL thought for the day! Xoxoxoxo
Dang! Homerun. I love this post. Thanks Sarah. Be well.
. Thanks for saying this so beautifully.
What I think I know about God is that He is very, very patient. And that He loves beauty and color and variety.
Sarah I love that you can read my mind
And you are so much better at getting it out in words. This is my heart and what God has been dealing with me on for many months. (since I found your blog actually) I don’t want to focus on theology and rules or manmade standards but the endless, unconditional love, free mercy and grace and constant protection that God provides.
Thank you
“What do you know about God to be true?”
I know He is faithful….even when I am not…
He is steadfast…..when I am, oh, so, wishy-washy….
He is my Rock….when I am overwhelmed…
Your post blessed me today!
With Paul, I can say there have been times when I, “claim to know nothing except Christ and Him crucified.” This is such good news.
What I have learned about God is that through Jesus He is The Way, The Truth, and The Life and that He wants me to follow Him. I discover the Truth (Him) by reading His Word, the Bible. God (Truth) sets me free. I also know Jesus said that if I stand for Him that I will be hated by this world, but to rejoice for He has already overcome the world. He tells us we will be persecuted for His Name’s sake. I also know all the way to my core that Jesus was never popular in this world, nor should we expect to be so. It’s a HUGE sacrifice if we have the guts to take on His name, His Truth, when we know RIGHT THEN AND THERE we will be persecuted no matter how loving we are. Have I backed down? Yes, a lot.
Do I want to attempt to stand up for My Saviour the next time? Yes, I do! 
thank you for speaking this today… God has been trying to convince me of his compassion and grace, and i am so slow to believe…. good to hear another voice experiencing him in this way.
I know he hears us and cares even if we don’t say it right or act right. His love is so much more than the small ‘attitudes’ we can come up with. How deep the Fathers Love for US….
I needed these words so much right now, my husband and I have both lost our earthly father’s this last week in totally different ways and exactly a week apart. Our heart break is so immense that we are numb. We need the truth of these words in the midst of grief.