Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other. Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky. The Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. Righteousness will go before him, and will make a path for his steps. (Psalm 85: 10-13)
The universe I experience is one where freedom is fundamental. I perceive a God that purposefully creates a universe where choice and randomness, intention and accident constantly unfold.
There are good and bad choices. When we choose badly trouble follows. Even when we choose wisely trouble may unfold through accident or the bad choice of others. We are never so wise as to anticipate every possibility. But there is a preferred path. There is an underlying structure that over the long-term favors certain tendencies.
Our choices are most coherent with this path when they are informed by love, faithfulness, righteousness, and peace. When we are animated by these attitudes we are more likely to make good progress on the path.
The universe I experience is one where freedom is fundamental. I perceive a God that purposefully creates a universe where choice and randomness, intention and accident constantly unfold.
There are good and bad choices. When we choose badly trouble follows. Even when we choose wisely trouble may unfold through accident or the bad choice of others. We are never so wise as to anticipate every possibility. But there is a preferred path. There is an underlying structure that over the long-term favors certain tendencies.
Our choices are most coherent with this path when they are informed by love, faithfulness, righteousness, and peace. When we are animated by these attitudes we are more likely to make good progress on the path.
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