Weakness

I have come to the conclusion many times this school year that humans have a lot of weakness. I am reminded of it constantly. We so often are physically weak. Our bodies give out on us over time and even before then our backs ache and our bones are sore. Humans are weak. We can be very easily dissuaded from our convictions. We can become discouraged, confused and completely befuddled. We can succumb to laziness, avarice, corruption and egotism. No wonder the road leading to heaven is narrow, because when I look at myself and what's going on around me there are a lot of broken people who give into pettiness and dissension as much as their bodies give into worldly stresses. It's a part of this life we lead.

We are seemingly far from being magnificent creatures. And yet that is just the point, because otherwise I would be a complete cynic, existentialist or fatalist. Instead I am a Christ follower. Because of Christ the rules have been changed on our behalf. The rules that say this life is wholly corrupted and meaningless. But that is a lie that Christ came to allay with his conquering of death.

As C.S. Lewis wrote in the Great Divorce we are "half-hearted creatures" right now. Just wait until the day when we will see humans in their true form --with fully glorified bodies. We might be tempted to bow down and worship one another because it will be such an extraordinary sight for our eyes. So it's true that humanity can be hopeless at times and we can look wretched indeed.

"What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! - Romans 7

That's the good news that I will constantly go back to.

"God creates out of nothing. Wonderful you say. yes, to be sure, but he does what is still more wonderful: he makes saints out of sinners." - Soren Kierkegaard

All the glory be his.