Mercy, Love & Grace

Life is a funny thing. It is both precious and fleeting, and yet we stumble through it only semiconscious of the present moment that God has blessed us with. Worse, we are often altogether unconscious of the purpose that He challenges us with, the entire point of this precious existence.

C. S. Lewis says that there are two time frames that Satan would keep our minds from, the present moment, and eternity. Further, he states that the present is the point where eternity touches time. The present is the only point in time that we can actually act in, or make a real decision about. Therefore, it also is the only point in time in which we can act towards our God-given purpose.

The most heinous part of this situation is that this state of anesthetized meandering seems rather benign from the point of view of day-to-day life. An hour passes in front of the television flipping stations. A day goes by at the mall wondering the stores. A weak passes at work getting little accomplished. However, soon these moments add to years, which turn to decades. At the end of the journey, our perspective may be quite different. Perhaps, we have mistaken an easy path for a benign one. This is why Thoreau says, "As if you could kill time without injuring eternity." These are the "lives of quiet desperation".

But there is good news. Glorious news! We still have this present moment, and a God who has put in place a grand plan to rescue us from our comatose prison. We still have the purpose that He created for us out of His tremendous love and longing. This is the Good News that Christ delivered to us.

This is God's mercy, His love and His grace.

The point of this journal is to help me to keep these aspects of God at the front of my mind, moment by moment. To keep me awake, and considering the purpose of this life. I hope that anyone reading this might be encouraged. God has gone to amazing lengths to show us that he loves us. All he asks of us is that we seek him, and love and encourage each other.