I find this helpful, you might too:
WHO has not sometimes thought: If I could see Jesus Christ as he was on this earth; if I could talk with him, if I could have certainty from those divine lips, and read assurance in those steady eyes, then I should lay hold of God. So we think, but not so he teaches. He is in the Supper Room, desiring in that last opportunity to enlighten his disciples' minds and to assure their faith. But beyond a point he cannot. He cannot teach them as fully, he says, as the Holy Ghost will teach them hereafter. It is not so much the word of Jesus knocking at the mind's door that secures his admittance; it is the God within drawing the bolts with invisible fingers. When your pride, he says, when your self-sufficiency has been shattered by the experience of my death, the Spirit will secure the admittance of all the truth you need to know. And so it is: after half an hour's repentance before the cross of Christ, the Spirit shows us what years of study cannot discover, and what Christ present in the flesh might not avail to make us see. (Austin Farrer, Crown of the Year)
I can't and won't add to that.
God bless,
LSP
What a beautiful chapel. I used to pray there when I was far younger than I am today, despite being shockingly immature.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I’ve never had that thought. Jesus has always been somewhat abstract to me. I’ve prayed to God the Father that he show me Jesus, but unfortunately that has not happened yet. I will continue asking.
ReplyDeleteJohnD
Anon, God must be beyond comprehension because he is infinitely above us.
ReplyDeleteThat said, he does reveal himself to us, even now.
I feel your prayer, if it's sincere, will be granted.