Do you know what the most oft-repeated refrain of God's in the Bible is? - Some variation or another of the statement, "Do not be afraid." 365 times (Hmm...that's one for every day of the year, isn't it?) the phrase, "Fear not" is repeated. Makes quite natural sense if you consider it, since the immediate result of original sin was, as clearly stated in the book of Genesis, "They were afraid, and hid themselves." And that's really the whole thing of it - We run from God because we know how badly we've messed up, and we're afraid that He's mad at us, when the Truth of it is that He is only sorrowfully missing the pleasure of our company. We are all, each and every one of us, the fearful, remorseful prodigal son, and God is ever the loving Father, anxiously watching the road for our return, ready to run to meet us, and joyfully sweep us up in his arms.
He is, indeed, "the God of surprises", the God of "better than anything we could ever have imagined". He is, in sum, the very best God that we could hope for...and then some.
He's just cool that way.
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