Truth is not just an abstraction.
Truth is a person, and His name is Jesus.
Jerome Bertram
from Jesus, Teach Us to Pray
(wild crabapples blooming / Julie Cook / 2019)
“And let me make it quite clear that when Christians say the Christ-life is in them,
they do not mean simply something mental or moral.
When they speak of being ‘in Christ’ or of Christ being ‘in them’,
this is not simply a way of saying that they are thinking about Christ or copying Him.
They mean that Christ is actually operating through them;
that the whole mass of Christians are the physical organism through which Christ acts—-
that we are His fingers and muscles, the cells of His body.
And perhaps that explains one or two things.
It explains why this new life is spread not only by purely mental acts like belief,
but by bodily acts like baptism and Holy Communion.
It is not merely the spreading of an idea; it is more like evolution—-
a biological or super-biological fact.
There is no good trying to be more spiritual than God.
God never meant man to be a purely spiritual creature.
That is why He uses material things like bread and wine to put the new life into us.
We may think this rather crude and unspiritual.
God does not: He invented eating.
He likes matter.
He invented it.”
C.S. Lewis, p. 64
AN EXCERPT FROM
Mere Christianity
Truth.
We could ask Aristotle, Socrates or even Plato…
It is absolute.
A fact.
The beating of a heart.
The rhythmic breathing in and out.
I rather like what Jerome Bertram has to say
regarding truth.
Jesus Christ is Truth.
Plain and simple.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6
The crab apple blossoms are beautiful. I can’t wait for mine to bloom, but there’s snow in the forecast for this week. And that’s the truth ……..blehhhhhhhh
SNOW!!??? Aggghhhh!!!!
Reblogged this on Talmidimblogging.
Amen! J.
The sole constant in this sea of inconsistency
To try and describe or convey such truth to some who haven’t been blessed with such a gift, to experience that Truth, is our vocation
And not an easy vocation at that!!!!
Such a relief to know I am nothing without Him
I know— even when I exasperate myself trying to be in control —only to see where that gets me— I can exhale, remembering that He’s got this!!
As the blossoms on the crabapple tree
And they do smell heavenly 🌺🌸
Perfectly expressed, dear Julie! ❤