Our "take-it-or-leave-it" attitude concerning God is evidence that we do not always fully appreciate who he is.

You may have watched Marlin Perkins of TV's "Wild Kingdom." This wonderful animal lover and trainer has been trying to get people on a first-name basis with animals for most of his seventy-seven years. His wife, Carol, gave this account: "When Marlin and I were dating, I wanted him so badly that I never let him know how little I knew about animals. Soon after our marriage we went to the Belgian Congo, and after weeks and weeks of traipsing around, and trying hard not to complain, I came in one evening absolutely exhausted. I told Marlin I didn't want to eat, all I wanted was to go to bed. So I undressed, crawled into bed, and reached for my pillow, and out from underneath it cra…