How Do We Know What God Is Like?

a friend's song at the door... (Tune: "Here we go 'round the mulberry bush..")

"How do we know what God is like?

 God is like..
 God is like..
 How do we know what God is like?
...We know because he tells us.."

I couldn't get it out of my mind....
& it got me thinking...

(But if when he tells us, we haven't learnt yet to trust his words, all is not lost.. 
there is still his voice in his all-of-life WORD to us )

1) ...We look around at his world (& try to gain understanding) (Ps 29; Prov 20:12; )

2) ...We see him in relationships with others.. (primarily in good, true and loving actions and body language, Jn 10:37f, Ps82; Prov20:11; 1Cor3v9; 2Cor4:7-11; Eph5:1; the record of some of these relationships is in the scriptures)

3) ...We look at the (highest and best) longings in us.. (Gen 1,2,5; Ps 82; 2Cor4:7-11; Rom 7 n 8)

4) ...We look in the face of Jesus.. 2Cor 4:4b-6; Heb 1:1-3a)
(And who-wee, here it starts blowing out!..)

Things we recall by Chants

Mark 4:35-5:43. Note in each of these 4 stories, how Jesus handles being blamed or laughed at; cf at his trial.

So earth has the sheen

of "in Heaven";

Proverbs 19

verse 11:

If you are sensible

you will

control your temper.

When someone wrongs you

it’s a great virtue

to ignore it.

(instead of "Shit!")

Proverbs 19

verse 11.

So Earth has the sheen

of "in Heaven";

One Peter 2 verse 23

When he was insulted

(insulted!) he

did not answer back with an

insult when he

suffered he did not threaten

but he placed his

hopes in God the

the righteous Judge.

That is one Pee

ta chapter 2,

verse 23,

that's what I'll do,

that is for me!

(Note also Jesus not only ignores people’s insults, as they kill him, he prays for the people.. cf “our battle is not..”)  recording short URL: goo.gl/mCm9b3