Schedules (which are man made) He dislikes.
His patterns do not necessarily have to be symmetrical, like a kaleidoscope for instance, although the patterns are forever changing. No, just look at the petals on a flower, the clouds in the sky, leopards, giraffes, zebras, peacocks, in fact any animal that is highly decorated and there isn't a pattern in our own understanding; we like things to be neat. Ordered. Something we can understand. Something that is easy to copy. Something within our comfort zone that is pleasing to the eye - we think we need things symmetrical, yet, what causes us to look at a non ordered landscape and agree that it is an area of outstanding beauty? Yet, unless you want your life to reflect your artistic tendencies, (we all have them) you want your life to be checkerboard, or at least predictable.
But God doesn't work like that. His artist pallet has colours and mixes which cannot be duplicated here on earth, for His patterns are not only visible in creation manifested, but some are sensed, like music, or the overwhelming impetus in a church to sing, pray, reveal the mysterious gifts described in Romans and Corinthians, all by the move of His awesome Holy Spirit.
He shows me patterns in what I do, and this helps me understand Him more. Through the choruses chosen, there is a message. Sometimes that message is repeated back, verbally, through the leader or the speaker. It's then I know that God is still in charge, that He is moving, to mould us and shape us into His perfect pattern.
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