October 2011
5 posts
Pride
In God you come up against something which is in every respect immeasurably superior to yourself. Unless you know God as that - and, therefore, know yourself as nothing in comparison - you do not know God at all…. A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity
“And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books” (Revelation 20:12). His hair was salty gray, and his handshake as dry as old parchment. He wore a tattered charcoal sport jacket, a bow tie, and a battered felt hat. His eyes were...
Dear Father, In the hushed stillness of a morning, can I crawl into your lap? Will you hold me tight and sing to me of heaven? Will you sooth my worries and whisper your comfort? Will you remind me that this life is not all there is? Will you help me to cling to you? I love you - hold me for a few more moments before I go back to the realities of life. Let that renewed feeling linger in my heart...
