My son recently turned one and he finds just about everything fascinating. As we were playing outside last week he came to a large tree which he had to stop and examine. He would touch the leaves and branches to see what they felt like and then he would shy away because he was not quite sure what was going to happen next.
This fascination extends to birds, cars, cases of bottled water in the aisle of the grocery store and especially dogs. When he sees a dog or hears a bird he immediately takes notice and wants to investigate.
All of this caused me to think how many times I pass these types of things by on a daily basis without giving them a second thought.
I just finished reading Living the Cross Centered Life by C.J. Mahaney and was struck by the quote that opens the book.
Life’s most important truth can be the easiest to forget.
As I think about the gospel I realize that I am prone to forget how wonderful it is. I need to be constantly reminded of the truth that Paul describes in Ephesians 2:
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked…..But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ- by grace you have been saved-
May I never lose the wonder of the gospel.
Mark
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I recently finished a book titled "Putting Amazing Back into Grace" and this quote compliments what you said Mark.
"It is not marvelous that you can place your faith in someone who makes dead people live, who makes sinners into saints, and turns caterpillares into butterflies? Isn't it phenomenal that in a world of selfishness and shallow relationships, the Creator of the universe has taken such an interest in us?"
Will Metzger writes:
"...The apostles were not preaching salvation by "making Christ your savior and Lord" in a good works fashion. He is already Lord and therefore, our evangelistic call must be to come to Him as to the feet of a monach, in submission to His person and authority."
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