“self-made” children, willful children, so we are living in the world Humble children we are called Called to be by God Our king a servant washing their dusty feet accepting the lash, the thorns, the cross We are to follow his ways loving our enemies bringing his message the father’s love, his grace So all may know
September 14, 2008 Alive Now devotional for September 13, 2008 “The Christian way is different: harder, and easier. Christ says, “Give me all. I don’t want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want you.... Hand over the whole natural self, all the desires which you think innocent as well as the ones you think wicked—the whole outfit. I will give you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you Myself: my own will shall become yours.” Both harder and easier than what we are all trying to do.” C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity