"Get Here" by Oleta Adams
Reflection Paper #1
1. Listen to "Get Here" by Oleta Adams (Links to an external site.)
2. Read Exodus Chapter 3 (Links to an external site.)
3. Read Exodus Ch. 14 (Links to an external site.)
4. Read Luke 12:22-35
Directions:
Experiences of Covenant and Appeasement are bound up closely with our images of God. (For example, if my image of God is an exasperated man with a white beard on a throne, then I may have a difficult time imagining God as a source of unconditional love.) Your reading/listening assignment at the beginning of this Module includes three passages from the Bible that present very distinctly different images of God. As you listen to the song, "Get Here", imagine that the singer is God singing to you.
After considering all FOUR depictions of the nature of God, write a brief reflection that includes the following three points:
1. Offer one distinct attribute of God found in EACH ONE of the three scripture readings. (Be as specific as possible and avoid repeating the same quality a second time .)
2. Describe your feelings and impressions of God based on your experience of listening to the song as an invitation to greater intimacy from God to you. (Consider especially the "hills and mountains" that separate you from a fuller, more peaceful, more meaningful life.)
3. Reflect upon your own image of God and how it compares or contrasts with one or more of the images of God assigned in the Module.