Up the Sunbeam

The following quotes are from Letters to Malcolm by C.S. Lewis:

"The attempt [in prayer] is not to escape from space and time and from my creaturely situation as a subject facing objects. It is more modest: to re-awaken the awareness of that situation. If that can be done, there is no need to go anywhere else. This situation itself is, at every moment, a possible theophany. Here is the holy ground; the Bush is burning now."

I remember Jason sharing that quote with me long before I read it myself. It's really something to think that, for a Christian, every moment is an opportunity to come in contact with the ultimate force of the universe, with the very person that upholds the universe by His word of power. How often do we trample on this beautiful truth!

Here's another from Lewis to Malcolm:

"Gratitude exclaims, very properly, 'How good of God to give me this.' Adoration says, 'What must be the quality of that Being whose far-off and momentary coruscations [flashes or sparkles] are like this!' One's mind runs back up the sunbeam to the sun."

And finally: "Joy is the serious business of heaven."

Check out Letters to Malcolm. It's not too well-known, but it's great (and short).

Peace,
Sam