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WEDNESDAY THOUGHT 1/28/09

Why me, Lord?
 
Life was a lot easier when I was this happy heathen loping across the landscape in search of my tongue-lolling pleasures.  I saw myself as a swell fellow — as good as any, better than many.  Very self-satisfied and pleased with myself.
 
Not that I was “bad,” but I just didn’t see any reason to be “good.”   Or, better yet, I was good enough.  But God went and messed that up for me.  And on most days, I will admit, “Yes, Lord, this is truly a better way.”  Still, on some days, I have been known to lament, “Why me, Lord?”  Far from self-satisfied and no longer feeling good enough or, on some days, even good. 
 
My point?  Not exactly sure, but I think it’s that turning to God certainly does not make life easier, but in some ways way more challenging.  Still, this I do know:  All the trouble is worth all the joy.  — 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)