Meister Eckhart (c. 1260-1328) said, "The final leave-taking is leaving God for God." That is to say, "Leaving our idea of God for God." Our idea of God is not God. Yet, the thing we do best is to tell God how to be God. We tell God who God ought to be. Growing up is growing out of our idea of God into God. We are to be who God is. We are to be God. The people who swagger about through their life, acting as though they are God have the most growing up to do. If you want to know who God is, walk through a maternity ward. Newborns are closer to God than Popes are. And certainly closer to God than most billionaires are (Though Mackenzie Jewett is doing her best to redeem the collection). "And the end of all our exploring. Will be to arrive where we started. And know the place for the first time" (T.S. Eliot). This is leaving God for God.
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