Prodigal:  I thought we would find the ladder in here.  Now we don’t have one.

Me:  Well, this is as welcome as a dust storm on a trial drive.

Prodigal:  What do we do now?

Me:  Lets call the neighbors and see if they can help.

 

This is from Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis

 

A Christian society is not going to arrive until most of us really want it:  and we are not going to want it until we become fully Christian.  I may repeat “Do as you would be done by” till I am black in the face, but I cannot really carry it out till I love my neighbor as myself:  and I cannot learn to love my neighbor as myself till I learn to love God:  and I cannot learn to love God except by learning to obey Him.  

 

God my wants are not important right now. I must focus on my neighbor.  I must focus on loving even if it means I have to suffer.

 

Isaiah 60:1

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

 

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