The greatest things are what we can't see with our eyes

Hey y'all, i'm blogging from Memphis, Tennessee. So anyway, for school, I have to read a book called "Fifth Business" by Robertson Davies, and it actually kind of surprised me how much insight it gives into religion. I'm only about 60 pages (out of 300) in, but already I feel like I'm learning more and being reminded of things that i had forgotten. I want to share a few quotes about the way a child sees God:

"Our sense...is nothing to God's; and though big people have more sense than children, the sense of all the big people in the world put together would be no sense to His." ...Nothing seemed clearer to her than the reasonableness of one legend which taught that though God always answers our prayers, He does not always answer in the way we would like, but in some better way than we know.

So I thought that was interesting in how God is compared to everyday people. Even now, I still think, "yeah, adults are so much more knowledgable than youths or children". It seems easier to measure and compare the wisdom of physical beings, so I liked how God's greatness was being compared as more than everyone in the world put together- that's strong. And with the second part about how God answers our prayers, I simply love the insight that it gave. Often, I feel myself hoping for an obvious answer to my problems, but the greatest solutions are the subtle ones where I really have to pause and think about what just happened. That way, the answer's not just offered to us on a silver platter, but we actually have to reflect about how He works.

Anyway, on Saturday, my cousin's getting married in a church with a membership of 27,000. Even though I'm not going for a typical Sunday service, I'm really excited because I get to be somewhere where that many people come together and worship on a regular basis. And they do say that the South is big on religion, and yes, I notice it. I'll keep y'all updated!

-sabrina