It is amazing how time can be stolen from you, particularly the time needed to clear your mind of thoughts that need to be captured so you can move on. Work has required 14 hour days for the last week ( and on til the end of this week ), so little opportunity has been available to indulge in self expression.
During that time several challenges have arisen. My wife is a grade five teacher and one of her student's mother died. This creates much sadness and consideration of what is important in life. Especially when you see the challenges that an 11 year old has to face in such a situation. Then on Sunday God challenged the very core of my attitudes - judgemental, self righteous, a lack of love, the sort of things that you really dont want to have pointed out, but result in an honest appraisal when considered appropriately.
Is it a shameful thing to confess that it was the first time in a supposed 24 year Christian history that the power of a sermon sent a tear flowing down my cheek? Is it testimony to the omniscience of God that he had me there at that time, to hear those words from John 5 - the challenge of the reality of Jesus and his life, the effect that his eternal existence should have on my every moment of being. How wonderful a God - that totally unrequired, he has made a way for us to have an eternal relationship with him - devoid of religion, piety, works, deservedness. If I really understood the reality of who God is and what he has done in allowing his Holiness to be made available to us, then I know that my life would be lived differently.
If I believe in Jesus and his death on the cross, if I appreciate the magnitude of that historical fact, would I be so blase with the knowledge? Would I care that those that come into my sphere leave it without exposure to the life giving truth? Would I crawl across the country over broken glass to share it with the one remaining soul who remains unsaved?
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