Chapter 16 Words and Acts
As Sara Miles dives deeper into her new faith, she learns what is meant by the struggle to understand God. She relates what her priest says about understanding the Word of God and the persistence of humanity in relationship with God.
“”The Word
of God,” he said, “is what’s heard by the people of God when the Bible is
read.” That meant the Word was living not because it was magical but because
over and over, down the centuries, believers wrestled with texts, adapted them,
edited them, interpreted them, swallowed them whole, and spat them out. The
stories in the Bible were records of human attempts to understand God –
attempts that were hopelessly incomplete. But, through words and acts, we kept
trying.” (171-172)
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