Perspective

Flatland is a pretty cool short film about dimensions.  Essentially, it's about a square, living in a two-dimensional world, discovering three dimensions.  In reality, the square could only catch glimpses of three dimensional objects, as they passed through his plane (growing larger or smaller based on their shape). 

Experience is a very interesting concept.  As humans, we have a wide range of experience, being able to feel joy and pain, analyze complex images in milliseconds, and experiment with abstract ideas/concepts.  Most animals can access similar thoughts, emotions, and abilities, but a termite, for example, does not even come close to a human in regard to what it can think/feel.

Living in a three-dimensional (or more, depending on who you ask) world, we understand a lot about three-dimensional space.  Quite a radical though, I know.  However, there is so much more that we could understand.  We barely understand how time works, or what it would be like to jump in/out of it.  We barely understand how our emotions function, and we are quite often stuck in our present mood. 

Recently talking with Stevie, we were amazed at how limited we are, as creatures.  If we can understand three-dimensions, and have complex experiences, imagine what it the creator experiences.  God has created man in His own image; naturally, man would have some understanding of "greater reality."  But we're so much simpler than the God of the universe.  We might enjoy building skyscrapers and planes; imagine what God felt when He created humanity.  If we feel pain when someone rejects us, what must He feel when we desert Him. 

What kind of love would rescue us despite our depravity?

I can't imagine His joy when His children repent of their sins, running back into His arms.