I have been reading (off and on) C.S. Lewis' book, The Four Loves. In it, he says:
"For a Christian, there are no chances. A secret Master has been at
work. Christ, who said to the disciples, 'Ye have not chosen me, but I
have chosen you,' can truly say to every group of Christian friends,
'You have not chosen one another but I have chosen you for one
another'. Friendship is not a reward for our discrimination and good
taste in finding one another. It is the instrument by which God
reveals to each the beauties of all the others. They are, like all
beauties, derived from Him, and then - in a good friendship -
increased by Him through the friendship itself, so that it is His
instrument for creating as well as revealing. At this feast it is He
who has spread the board and it is He who has chosen the guests. Let
us not reckon without our Host."
No comments:
Post a Comment