To begin with:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS
(no, I don't care if it isn't exactly your birthday, it's the thought that counts, right? :p)

I just wanted to say thank you for everything :)
everything. You make my life awesome.
Living one day without you would drive me so far into the darkness I'd lose myself to it.
so thank you :)

also: MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY
I hope today was a day of happiness and cheer :D
heee
I was so taken aback by the number of presents and cards
THANKS FRIENDS
it meant the world to me :)



SO, on with today's random thought.
(which I'm trying to do in C. S. Lewis style. I'm hoping it actually goes okay :p)

If someone were to tell you that "well, drinking water's all well and good, but how is it going to quench my thirst?", then you'd probably reply that this man is either really slow or doesn't quite understand drinking water.

Again, if someone were to tell you that "well light is all well and good, but how is it going to help me see?", then you'd probably reply that this man is either really slow or doesn't quite understand light.

So when someone, good meaning people tell me that "well, God's love is all well and good, but how is going to add any purpose or meaning to my life?", then I'd probably say the person doesn't quite understand God's love.

Mind you, I don't mean understand God's love as in understand the inner workings of it. The very fact is that God's love is infinite, so it would take an eternity to understand it (which is actually what I intend to do when I get up there :) ). But one doesn't need to understand how the H2O molecules helps hydrate our bodies and act as the necessary medium for many bodily functions in order to understand that it quenches your thirst. And one doesn't need to understand how the light rays travel from the source to the rods and cones in your eyes to let you see. All you need to do is simply experience it. Then you understand what water or light does for you. And all you need is to experience God's love to understand how it lays out a lifetime for you. A lifetime of purpose, a lifetime of joy, a lifetime of peace, a lifetime of grace.

it's a short one, but it dropped in my head during service today :)



Jesus :)
the most beautiful Christmas gift.