The Mysterious

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this 'emotion' is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder, or stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. His eyes are closed.
-Albert Einstein

We leave very little to our imaginations any more. We don't allow much room for the mysterious. And yet God is wrapped in mystery, and there is so much beauty and awe because of that. Did you ever wonder why God likes to stay in mystery?

The mysteries of God are no trifles. They are full and wondrous and encircle our lives, in everything we see and don't see. It can be as small as a word spoken to you by a friend that sinks into your soul. We can stand in awe looking out at the view from the top of a mountain, or from the valley below, like we did in Yosemite National Park. Half Dome (in picture above) is certainly mysterious.

We can stand in His silence and listen to the whispers...

Through experiences we can see God work in situations we never even dreamed of or ever thought possible. Where the only explanation is no explanation except that it must be the work of a divine being.

And there inlays a mystery that opens our eyes and heart to God.