Epiphany

We, with our democratic and egalitarian views, would expect all people to start out equal in their search for God. One could picture a great destination with roads leading in from all directions. Well disposed people all meaning the same thing, getting closer and closer together. How shockingly opposite that is to the way Judeo-Christian history has panned out. One people picked out from all of creation; that people purged again and again. Some are lost in the desert before they reach Palestine; some stay in Babylon; some become indifferent. The whole thing narrows and narrows, until at last it comes down to a little point, small as the point of needle - a Jewish girl at her prayers. That is what the whole of human nature has narrowed down to before the Incarnation takes place. Very unlike what we expect, but, of course, not in the least unlike what seems in general, as shown by Nature, God's way of working. The people who are selected are, in a sense, unfairly selected for supreme honor; but it is also a supreme burden. The people of Israel come to realize that it is their woes which are saving the world.

The security which we all desire...

The settled happiness and security which we all desire, God withholds from us by the very nature of the world: but joy, pleasure, and merriment, He has scattered broadly. We are never safe but we have plenty of fun, and even some ecstasy, It is not hard to see why. The security we crave would teach us to rest our hearts in this world and oppose an obstacle to our return to God: a few moments of happy love, a landscape, a symphony, a merry meeting with our friends, or a football game, have no such tendency. Our Father refreshes us on the journey with some pleasant inns, but will not encourage us to mistake them for home.

--C.S. Lewis

I have nothing more to say on this. I think he says it all! Just wanted to share that with you today, at the beginning of this new year.