getting a handle on this Jesus guy

sititng in Life of jesus- thinking that the person of Jesus is far more intricate and hard to get a handle on than i once thought.

working with the name of Jesus is very different, i have seen, than working with the MAN of jesus.

i have heard a quote from thomas Howard that i think sums up what i feeling:


In the figure of Jesus the Christ there is something that escapes us. He has been the subject of the greatest
efforts at systemization in the history of man, but anyone who has ever tried this has had, in the end, to admit
that the seams keep bursting. He sooner or later discovers that he is in touch, not with a pale Galilean,
but with a towering and furious figure who will not be managed.

-- Thomas Howard


the amazement of this guy just astounds me.

and the knowledge that i will never fully be able to contain Him only wets my appatite for Him and raises my ability ot trust in Him.

"is he safe?"

"Safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you."