Intellectually I realise that God must be beyond all human categories. Yet when it comes to spending time with God, I have to admit that I address him - yes him - as I would address a person. I am aware of that contradiction, yet still feel that the time spent in prayer is not wasted.
I don't think you're alone in this, Ann. And I also think that living into this paradox of the. God-beyond-images whom we need and want to meet in an imaginal way is at the heart of the contemplative path.
Intellectually I realise that God must be beyond all human categories. Yet when it comes to spending time with God, I have to admit that I address him - yes him - as I would address a person. I am aware of that contradiction, yet still feel that the time spent in prayer is not wasted.
I don't think you're alone in this, Ann. And I also think that living into this paradox of the. God-beyond-images whom we need and want to meet in an imaginal way is at the heart of the contemplative path.