I almost feel bad. Almost. I’ve been sitting here, just letting this thing die slowly. I shall try to write some life into it, but I fear I can’t say if I will manage it or not. For me, this is the last day of this year. It’s past midnight, but so it may be. When you do have something on your heart, the sleep can wait a little. It might seem like a self-centered thought, but I hope I will be forgiven. I decided that I wanted to write a post about something that is very special to me, and a dear friend, Dana, did remind me about it. I will dedicate this to her and to them who knows somebody that don’t see God as we do. ‘We’ is a big word, but I know that the ones that read this will understand who I am addressing. We Christians.
It’s so well known that not everybody believe in our Lord, Jesus Christ. We care so much for them we love, and dear, we truly do wish more people would look towards Him. We Christians do have hard times with seeing Him, but we still believe. He is there, no matter how dark it seems, how desperate we might be and if we sin or not. He is there! Humans are so blessed because God gave His son to us because He loved us so much. Dear friends of me have told me that The Lord’s love is everlasting, I and do believe so. No matter if you believe or not, The Lord does care for you.
But this is not the time when I will sit here and talk exactly about this. I want to talk about that people can change. However, with this introduction, I do hope that it can be a reminder. I know myself how badly I need that.
Over to the part of changing. There are so many that does not believe. They do have different reasons, but I won’t say anything because of that because my knowledge is not as deep and it’s not something I wish to throw myself completely into because I do not know everything. What I know though, is that people can change. Many have said that they do not believe; that they can’t believe; that they won’t believe. I know how much it does hurt to hear that, I really do. Both my father and sister, Jeanette, are not Christians and I know that they are not alone.
But God’s power is so much greater than we ever could have imagined. Dana made me think about C.S. Lewis. He said himself once in a time that he was not going to believe. It would not happen! But look what God’s grace did. Look where he ended. He became one of the greatest writer’s in my eyes, and he became a Christian. His works like Narnia, The Great Divorce and Mere Christianity do all have a strong Christian message.
At the end, he saw that the faith was not anything he could fight against. It was too powerful. He talked for a long time with two of his friends (Tolkien was one of them), and he saw the Truth. God’s mercy lifted him, and the once so stubborn man became a man of faith. A fairytale? No, I would not say so.
This was God. He was so good, and he helped not only C.S. Lewis, but so many others. We who have read his works have learned something new, we’ve seen new side of our faith and ourselves, and he did inspire so many. Yes, this was the work of God.
And that is something that gives me hope. I pray that the ones that can’t see The Lord will see Him. That they will see His mercy, His love and how much He care. There is hope. I pray that God will give us strength to spread the Word, and that people will listen. People can change.
I do hope this can be a good reminder as well as something to think about. There is hope! The Lord is our Hope. Amen.
