The Professor of Biblical studies and dean of
Harvard University's Divinity School (he passed
away April 15, 2008 a few days shy of his 87th
birthday) -- his message always emphasizing
God's greatness, human humility, and the limits
of our knowledge:
So, sisters and brothers,
we are very small but
we are small in the hands
of God. . . .To me it seems
that if God is God, I
neither care for not worry
about the hereafter; I
celebrate the coming of
the kingdom by singing
hymns and by caressing
with words the heaven
with angels and saints
and the messianic banquet
with light and joy and glory!
And I know that I paint,
but I like to paint and I paint
out of love and hope and faith.
But when all is said and done
I pray that the evil I have put into
the world will not cause others to
suffer too much and that my little
life will fit somehow into God's
plan for the kingdom. The rest
I leave. May His Kingdom come!
from Jesper Svartvik's
essay in KRISTER AMONG THE JEWS AND GENTILES:
essays in appreciation of the life and work
of Krister Stendahl (a Stimulus / PAULIST PRESS
books, 2018) : page 40.
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