The Thread of God

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"Of his studies prior to his conversion to Christianity, Saint Augustine wrote in The Confessions, "What profit was it to me that I . . . read and understood by myself as many books as I could get concerning the so-called liberal arts? I enjoyed these, not recognizing the source of whatever elements of truth and certainty they contained. I had turned my back to the light and my face to the things it illuminated, and so no light played upon my own face, or on the eyes that perceived them."

"To think with your face toward the light, as Augustine later learned, is to learn and think in the direction of God. It is to recognize God as the original source of wisdom and knowledge. It is to go about all you do, all you learn, all you puzzle over, positioned with your attention toward God and enlightened by the knowledge and wisdom of God. It is to see the thread of God in everything, to be aware that "the whole earth is full of His glory."

-- From "Just Think - Nourish You Mind to Feed Your Soul" by Nancy J. Nordenson