Rachel Held EvansWhat a comfort to know that God is a poet.
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What a comfort to know that God is a poet. If God were less poetic, he might have made more of an effort to explain himself to us. He might have been more consistent in the manner in which he chose to explain things, he might have made it easier for us to understand. Maybe then we would be able to appreciate his gifts more fully. But, as it is, even the most simple of explanations are beautiful because they are poetry.
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