The
problem with Christianity is not in the audacious claims made by it. Everything about Christianity is really quite
reasonable and logical. Its difficulty
lies in the simplicity it presents. Who
can't imagine a God making the universe?
It really isn't that stunning a conclusion! And what is so odd about that God loving His
created beings with unquenchable affection?
Is that hard to consider? And can
we be so shallow in our thinking that we can deny the possibility that there is
universal right and wrong; that some things always are good and fair and others
have for all time been wicked and bad?
What can we say about a God who is willing to take the extreme measure
of dying Himself to make a way for His beloved people to become wholly good and
thoroughly flawless? Is that too strange
a consideration? What marks the
Christian is not the illogic of her assumptions; it is the complete
reasonableness of her thinking! No
Christian should apologize for believing that God is love and eternal and holy.
That is the logical conclusion. What is irrational is the determination that
evil is somehow desirable and life is temporary and behind all of this we see
and smell and touch is the random unthinking of empty space. Just consider for a moment the love you feel
for a baby griping your thumb for all he is worth or the joy you experience
making a new friend who really does want to be with you! Is that the stuff of nonsense and balderdash? The beginning of wisdom is that love is
really Love and good is really Good and life is Life and darkness is too small
to contain the Light. Perhaps just a
moment or two is enough to resettle your senses and grasp the simplicity of
your faith, that God loves you and really does love you and is working out
every detail of that life of yours for good that is eternally good and
intelligently loving and in your favor.
You are not alone. You are in the
lap of Love and that Love does not give up on you even when you want to give up
on Him.
"The virgin will be with child and will
give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"—which means,
"God with us." Matthew 1:23 NIV
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