For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. — John 3:16
As children, we read “Alice in Wonderland,” but at the end of life, we shall still find ourselves in Wonderland! Perhaps there is a more profound truth than we know in describing old age as a second childhood because the child spirit ever lives in a Paradise of mystery, questioning, and wonder!
There are causes for wonder in the small c... moreFor this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. — John 3:16
As children, we read “Alice in Wonderland,” but at the end of life, we shall still find ourselves in Wonderland! Perhaps there is a more profound truth than we know in describing old age as a second childhood because the child spirit ever lives in a Paradise of mystery, questioning, and wonder!
There are causes for wonder in the small compass of this verse! The first is that God loved and loved the world. We are not surprised to learn that He made the world because—except where men have spoilt it—it is so beautiful. Or that He has a name for it, because He calleth them all by name, as He bringeth out their hosts by number. So small is our world amid the myriad constellations, but it is belted, environed, encompassed by the Love of God!
The second Wonder is that the Only Begotten Son came to dwell with us. Is it not excellent that the Son of God should have passed by all other worlds and come to this? That this earth was trodden by His blessed feet; that He has incorporated its transfigured dust into the texture of His Divine Nature—this is all so excellent that we are disposed to believe that our world must be the pivot of the universe—its nursery, college, and training ground.
The third wonder is that Eternal Life is within the reach of whosoever. God gives us not quantity but quality of life. Time is a method of thought necessitated by our human limitations, and therefore, someday, it will come to its end. Eternal Life is an ever-present NOW—of Love and Life and Light, enjoyed in fellowship with God. And this is for Whosoever! We may insert their name in the blank and say, “I may have eternal life.” It is so wonderful that the thought could not have been invented or suggested by the wit of man. It bears the imprint and seal of God Himself, who made us in His image, and after His likeness, that we might become the partakers of the Divine Nature, having escaped the corruption in the world through lust (Gen 1:26; 2Pe 1:4).
Prayer
The world is dear unto Thee, O Heavenly Father; Thou didst send Thine Only Son to save it, and Thy Spirit to comfort and renew. May He brood over the chaos of this distracted world, and may order and peace and love reign among men. Amen.
GC John Kelmy
KLT, Priory of St Michael The Archangel
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