Mystery

Fog to me echoes mystery.  It is as if the clouds are masking some part of the landscape from view. 

Isn't faith like that sometimes?  I believe there are parts of our faith -- our belief system -- that we just cannot understand.

What is God like?  What will heaven be like?  How can the son be both human and divine?  How can the creator, the son and the Holy Spirit be one God?  How can God know every inch of me when I am one of billions?  How does he hear all of our prayers?

Mystery.

The scriptures, the teachings of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament seek to answer those questions, but can't do it.  These are mysteries beyond our understand.  Jesus can say, "The kingdom of God is like ...," and we can seek to grasp the comparison, but we will not get it.

We see through a mirror darkly.  Mystery. Fog.

So, we must be careful.  We must never assume that we've "got" it.  We can't stand on our "high horses" and judge others, because we don't get it, either.  We just can't. 

It's God.  It's beyond us.  Mystery.

The grace of it is it doesn't matter.  God loves us.