Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Righteous!

I must confess I am enamoured with the Gospel. Probably because I have always had a painfully low opinion of myself. (Can you tell I've been reading a bit of Jane Austen lately?) But seriously, resting on the truth of the Gospel has become a such a great comfort. It is Christ's work and not my own that God sees. God has declared me righteous. What a great salvation! The truth in this song by Shane & Shane always moves me. And John Piper's words at the end are so powerful.

"God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God". 2 Corinthians 5:21
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. Romans 12:1

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Do it again!

A child kicks its legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough... It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again," to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again," to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike: it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we. (G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy)