Hierarchy...

When you think about a hierarchy, what is the first that you think of? For me, I think of what in the world a hierarchy is in the first place. Well, the dictionary definition that fits what I'm talking about is "any system of persons or things ranked one above the other." Now bring that definition back to our faith. Normally, you would think God is number one in our hierarchy of the Trinity followed by Jesus and the Holy Spirit. God is all powerful, all knowing, and in everything, but in the book that I have been literally glued to, "The Shack," says something that totally makes sense to me when you break it down, but when I first read it, it sounded confusing and encrypted. Well, here is my interpretation of it. The book tells us that God is not at the hierarchy of the Trinity, but he IS the Trinity. He is fully himself as God, fully himself as a human other wise known as Jesus, and fully himself as a spirit or the Holy Spirit. He intended for there to be NO hierarchies, NO laws, and for us to govern ourselves WITH Him, with the guidance and nurturing of Him. The book also goes on to say that when God created us He intended to have us to be in the Trinity alongside the others, to be in that close-knit relationship that they share, and that when temptation brought us into sin that we kind of broke off and became independent, which humans still want to this day, to be independent. BUT, that is not what God wants for us, he wants us to be in that close-knit, loving, and trusting relationship with God. So, basically what you are saying Tyler is that it all revolves around the relationship you have with God? Yes, that is exactly what I'm saying. If we have that one-on-one loving and trusting relationship with Him then we will all be more likely to spread that LOVE and RESPECT to others, making the hierarchies and laws we have in place pointless and bringing us back to our Almighty and Merciful God.

Did that make any sense at all? ha ha