MONDAY THOUGHT 10/12/09

October 12, 2009 on 11:29 am | By | In Faith & Forgiveness | No Comments
The Slogging Christian
 
I have a confession:  I’m like Mother Teresa.  Well, not exactly.  I’m like her only in that she once confessed that she hadn’t felt inspired by the joy of God since she had been very young.  Same with me, though a full-bagpipe rendition of “Amazing Grace” can stir me to tears.  Other than that, no halos top my head; no angelic voices fill my hoary soul; and only rare moments of clear and beatific vision wash over me. 
 
I’m a slogger, a believer who knows there is a God, has found him personally, and knows He’s pretty amazing.  My faith is a knowing beyond knowing, an unshakable touchstone of truth in a world of vague and shifting semi-realities.  But it is not a sop, a spiritual comfort food that makes me glow, or even bless the idiot driver who just cut me off.
 
My point:  I don’t know much, but for me, at least, faith is not a feel-good inner warmth or the expectation that I will finally get my pony this Christmas.   It is a quiet strength, a deep down realization that there is one complete and total truth that guides my choices and even sometimes helps me make sense of the tough times.  And that’s worth feeling pretty good about. — jri
 
“That is why the Christian is in a different
position from other people who are trying
to be good.  They hope, by being good, to
please God if there is one; or — if they think
there is not — at least they hope to deserve
approval from good men.  But the Christian
thinks any good he does comes from the
Christ-life inside him.  He does not think God
will love us because we are good, but that
God will make us good because He loves us.”
        –    C.S. Lewis
               (Mere Christianity)      
 

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