Recollected connections

Happy New Year! We made it to 2008. Well into the second half of the first decade of the 21st century. The holiday season was filled this year and now it’s back to the reality of our task. Hopefully with a new spring in our step having been refreshed. For my first blog of the new year, I am going to quote some classic C.S.Lewis.

From the book, “Miracles” by C.S.Lewis
Written in 1911

“It is always shocking to meet life where we thought we were alone. “Look Out!” we cry, “It’s alive!”. And therefore this is the very point at which so many draw back….. and proceed no further with Christianity. An “impersonal God”- well and good. A subjective God of beauty, truth and goodness, inside our own heads- better still. A formless life force surging through us, a vast power which we can tap- best of all. But God Himself, alive, pulling at the other end of the cord, perhaps approaching us at an infinite speed, the hunter, King, husband- that’s quite another matter. There comes a moment when the children who have been playing “Burglers” hush suddenly: was that a real footstep in the hall? There comes a moment when people who have been dabbling in religion (Man’s search for God) suddenly draw back. Supposing we really found Him? We never meant it to come to that! Worse still, supposing He found us?”

A major fact to remember and ponder on in 2008 is that we are not alone. There is a wonderful connection with humanity that we need to keep before us. We are part of the global community each with our unique place. I received a phone call yesterday from a friend that I had not been in contact with in 36 years. This man had a huge impact on me in my life at the time I surrendered my heart to God and the call to ministry. I had the opportunity yesterday to thank him for that influence and to recall common friends that we had both not thought about in many years. I recommend you take some time this year to think about those who have impacted your life and get that “Thank You” off to them. It will bless their lives and bless yours at the same time.