Day 6. Life is a Temporary Assignment
A quote from CS Lewis sums up making the best use of this life while we focus on the next.
“Hope is one of those theological virtues. This means that a continual looking forward to the eternal world is not (as some modern people think) a form of escapism or wishful thinking, but one of the things a Christian is meant to do. It does not mean we are to leave the present world as it is. If you read history you will find that the Christians who did the most for the present world were those who thought most of the next. The Apostles themselves, who set out on foot to convert the Roman Empire, the great men who built up the Middle Ages, the English Evangelicals who abolished the Slave Trade, all left their mark on Earth, precisely because their minds were occupied with Heaven. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this. Aim at Heaven and you get the earth “thrown in”: aim and earth and you will get neither.” CS Lewis, Mere Christianity, 1952, page 104.
Grace, peace and Hope!
Rick
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Amen, Pastor! We are just passing through here. I think we should make the most of it, don't you.
That's why I enjoy the early morning hours so much! God's Word speaks at 4am!
Enjoy your day,
deb
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