Loosing The Sense Of Wonder

Imagine been born and the first face you see is God’s face! That’s was the sort of wonder Adam and Eve were born into. God even used to have regular times of physical meeting with them. Sadly, they lost their sense of wonder.
Scripture seems to tell the same story using different characters. It seems life after the Cross is no different.
Remember how it was to be saved at first, the wonder of salvation, the unparalleled passion and devotion, the simplicity of a sacred relationship. It would seem that the icy winds of drudgery have fanned cold the flames of wonder.
We seem to have a hold of God. He doesn’t throw curve-balls, He is plain old God. Worship is a good song; prayer is a well worded appeal laced with scripture verses, evangelism is low in returns, salvation is in 3 steps, growth comes from a regular bible diet.
When I loose my sense of wonder of God, I reduce the Cross to an event, the incarnation to a festivity and leave the resurrection as a historical fact.
God overawe me with who You are and all You are. Let me never stop at what I see but be enraptured by what I can’t fully understand.

Aslan of the Chronicles

Aslan of the Chronicles
I’ve been a long time admirer of C.S Lewis and the adaptation of his “Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” is a good attempt by Hollywood to put good stories on display. My hope is that Hollywood won’t take too much artistic liberty in changing the story. Michael Flaherty, the president of Walden Media, co-producer with Disney of the film tries to assure us of this the integrity of the film in keeping to the original storyline. Disney also worked with Lewis stepson, Douglas Gresham, who was a producer on the film.
C.S. Lewis once said we don’t need more Christian books; we need more great books by Christians. The Chronicles of Narnia is one of the great books. In it, Lewis talks about faith and God using simple symbolisms.
In the book, when asked if Aslan is Safe, the response is candid. Aslan is not safe but He is good.
That’s exactly the way God is. God is not safe but He is good. He never promised to keep us away from the trials of loving Him. Loving Him is risky because we will have to embrace His Will which may take us to the wilderness.
I do hope the film turns as good as the book.

The God of Who He is

The God of Who He is
I came across a song I wrote awhile back. The simple words washed over me again:
You are who You are
Defined not by what I have seen
Defined not by what I have experienced
You are Who You are
All by Yourself
You’re the measure of Who You are

The self-sufficiency of God means that God exists outside of us and will remain so forever. He will remain God even if we choose not to worship Him.
The worship of Him does not increase or decrease Him: it works for our own benefit.
God’s sun will continue to shine even if all men were blind to it. Our sight allows us to take in the light it shines. But our sight or lack of it does not change the sun.
Through faith, we see faint images of all He is. But He is bigger than our imagination can take in.
God is as big as He is
He defines Himself. He is all He is by Himself