Uncle Lewis on Charity

This morning I realized how gracious God is that I was so eager to reread Mere Christianity; it has been like a breath of fresh air (or kind of like that Vick's vapor rub that opens up your chest when you are congested).

Here are a few snippets that stood out to me that helped affirm some of my thoughts:

• "The worldly man treats certain people kindly because he 'likes' them: the Christian, trying to treat every one kindly, finds himself liking more & more people as he goes on--including people he could not even have imagined himself liking at the beginning."
• *"Good & evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you & I make every day are of such infinite importance. The smallest good act today is the capture of a strategic point from which, a few months later, you may be able to go on to victories you never dreamed of. An apparently trivial indulgence in lust or anger today is the loss of a ridge or railway line or bridgehead from which the enemy may launch an attack otherwise impossible."

*For some reason this quote really stood out to me...possibly because of the war imagery. It really reinforces our need for daily spiritual disciplines or as Paul says...'training in godliness.' We are often disillusioned when we think that our big decisions are more important than the thousands of little ones we make daily. It seems our character is formed by the seemingly small decisions.

• "But the great thing to remember is that, though our feelings come & go, His love for us does not. It is not wearied by our sins, or our indifference; &, therefore, it is quite relentless in its determination that we shall be cured of those sins, at whatever cost to us, at whatever cost to Him."

What a wonderful assurance it is that He would take whatever measure needed to determine that 'we shall be cured of those sins.' Thank God that He is far superior to me--the contrast is startling.