you can’t put God in a can

There is a lot going on today, but I want to take a quick second to post something (and to help me keep things in perspective). I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately, and though I’ve read a lot of things worthy of quoting, this really stood out as I was listening to Francis Chan’s Crazy Love on the way to work this morning.

“God exists outside of time, and since we are within time, there is no way we will ever totally grasp that concept. Not being able to fully understand God is frustrating, but it is ridiculous for us to think we have the right to limit God to something we’re capable of comprehending. What a stunted, insignificant God that would be. If my mind is the size of a soda can, and God is the size of all the oceans, it would be stupid for me to say that he is only the small amount of water I can scoop in to my little can. God is so much bigger, so far beyond our time-encased, air-food-sleep dependant lives.”