Our cat likes to get close to us--very close. He peers earnestly into my eyes, trying to communicate. When he gets this close, I get uncomfortable. I pull back, wanting to see him at a bit of a distance. I think I do the same thing when it comes to faith--I will draw near to God, then I feel exposed and vulnerable, and I pull away. I think God understands this little dance. It's part of the reason he sent his son in the first place: to appear in a form that we recognize, a form that doesn't appear so remote and abstract and different to mere humans. He wanted to draw near to us in a way that would encourage us to draw nearer to him as well.
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