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FRIDAY THOUGHT 3/13/09

Coming Freely to God
 
My daughter, Angie, was raised in the faith, but it was a tepid, perfunctory faith, reflective of mine at the time.  She grew up with other, more immediate priorities than God. 
 
That has wondrously changed.  Next month, on the Saturday before Easter Sunday, she will be confirmed, and her husband, Aaron, and their daughter, Riley, will be baptized.  Angie and Aaron have come to faith — yes, still with many doubts, concerns and questions — of their own free will and in their own sweet time. 
 
My point:  Beats me.  I’m half bragging, half marveling at the sight of those I love accepting, embracing, exploring and feeding that spark of faith that God has placed in their souls.  I invite you to share in and celebrate our joy. –  jri
 
“When you are arguing against Him you
are arguing against the very power that
makes you able to argue at all:  it is like
cutting off the branch you are sitting on.
If God thinks this state of war in the
universe a price worth paying for free
will — that is, for making a live world in
which creatures can do real good or
harm and something of real importance
can happen, instead of a toy world
which only moves when He pulls the
strings — then we may take it it is worth
paying.”
        –    C. S. Lewis
               (Mere Christianity)
 
In addition to Angie’s confirmation and Aaron’s baptism, two other friends — Bill in Florida and Paul in Madison — are being baptized next month.  Please keep them all in your prayers.  God bless.
John R. Ingrisano
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