Lately I've been noticing how subtly different each of our faiths are as believers. Hearing from friends what is most important to them about their faith, what they love most about it, what is so beautiful in it, I've noticed the delicate inflections each of us cast on it. Some love the freedom we have in Christ, some love that everything is so fearfully and wonderfully made, some love how we are all called to love on others, I love how beautiful God's love is.
Think of it like this. The Truth of God's love is like light, and we are like windows.
Just as windows vary in shape, in colour, in depth, in finish, so do our perspectives.
The Light appears differently through every window.
But it is still the true light.
Just perhaps with a slightly different tone or feel.
Each window accentuates a different facet of the Light.
Each shows the radiant Truth from a unique perspective.
The trouble comes only when you start trying to shine the Light through a door, or a wall...
I was thinking that maybe differences like these account for the existence of denominations within the Body. The Baptists all have a similar shape to them, as do the Presbyterians. But still, the Truth of God's Love is flowing uniquely through all of us. It's beautiful.
