Here is a beautiful little poem I came across during a devotional:
Love goes into God’s presence,
while at the gate
Reason and Knowledge
must remain
and for an audience wait.
As you might guess, it was written just as the Enlightenment was being unleashed across the Christian world. The author, Angelus Silesius, lived in the 17th Century and was a bizarre guy. Then again, somebody described as a “German Catholic mystic poet” is not going to be ordinary!
Whatever it’s roots or source, it strikes me as a simple way to remind ourselves of the importance of love. I easily get caught up in the midst of what I call the three sins: spreadsheets, strategy, and sensibility. When I do, I lose sight of love. At the end of the day it is love that gives meaning to all things, including reason and knowledge.
Nothing you haven’t heard before here. Just a nice reminder!
