jesus disappears and interview

the Jesus you knew through the Church is gone but whose to say you cannot formulate another idea of Jesus.

Sometimes I pretend he isn’t there.

David: I read your interview on the other site. May I offer that there are times to walk without Christ (or God) within the visible realm?

Elijah fled when he received the threat of death from Jezebel. An angel appeared, and gave him food. And then, Elijah walked for 40 days to the mountain of God. The walk was alone.

It is not a collapse – it is a walk. It is not a denial – it is a walk. It is not avoidance – it is a walk.

The angel could have carried Elijah to the mountain of God – instead, Elijah walked. The angel could have walked with Elijah as a companion – instead, Elijah walked alone.

Yes, later, in a cave, all the paradigms of God were shattered, and Elijah heard a still, small voice. But somehow, in someway, the ‘walk alone’ was needed… the ‘walk alone’ was perhaps necessary for the total journey.

Be strong, dear brother-in-Christ. Walk as long as you need to do so. You will be transformed at the end of the walk alone.

Much love in Christ always and unconditionally; Caryn

CS Lewismasterfully articulates it like this:
Not my idea of God, but God. Not my idea of H., but H. Yes, and also not my idea of my neighbor, but my neighbor. For don’t we often make this mistake as regards people who are still alive–who are with us in the same room? Talking and acting not to the man himself but to the picture–almost the precis–we’ve made of Him in our own minds? And he has to depart from it pretty widely before we even notice the fact. In real life–that’s one way it differs from novels–his words and acts are, if we observe closely, hardly ever quite “in character,” that is in what we call his character. There’s always a card in his hand we didn’t know about