Revelation and Rejection

Did you ever have an experience of God that challenged your faith? What happened?
 

Once an atheist on vacation in Italy entered a small mountain chapel. He was immediately taken by the beauty of the interior. The shafts of light pouring through the windows. The musty smell of the old building mixed with the sweet aroma of the burning candles. The striking but slightly faded artwork. More important, he felt his spirit lifted beyond the time and place his body inhabited. At that moment, he knew he had touched the transcendent power people call "God." He also knew he had a choice. He turned on his heals and walked out of the chapel. His mind forever rejected the revelation of God he found in the chapel.
 

God shows us himself in many different ways. Even when we are confronted with his power, we can reject him. Many do. That was the picture John the Evangelist painted of Jesus in his arrest.

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