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Any description of God is not God, for God is ineffable, invisible,
unspeakable, impossible to name, and thus un-describable. Any attempt to
do so runs the risk of limiting God or creating God in our own image and
likeness rather than the other way around.

This chapter seeks to deepen our knowledge of the wonder of God in a
humble, prudent, wise, gentle, and indirect manner, thus respecting the
mystery of the divine one while enlightening us about the nature of God.

We can learn something of God by our appreciation of the gifts that God has
given us, including our free will and the complete freedom to use it in either
a positive or negative way. Additionally we are to use our intelligence which
allows us to observe, reflect, make connections, understand, experiment
and invent new technology that helps us explore the wonder of the universe.

The greatest gift from God is God’s unconditional love and salvation, doing
within us that which we cannot do on our own – empowering us to live a life
of serenity, balance, and altruistic love that both forgives all hurt and grieves
all losses.

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a Mark 6:8-9; Luke 6:37; Matthew 18:21-22; 1 Corinthians 13:4-6;
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d Mark 1:22; 1 Peter 3:18; Matthew 5:17-20; Ephesians 2:4-10
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