Reflection for the Morning

Just wanted to share with you a snip of what I am reading today:

"Christianity is an earth religion, and has to do with the actual things and relations of of everyday life, with such real things as homes and stores, factories, and counting rooms; with such real relationships as buying and selling, marrying and giving in marriage, voting and working. Christianity is an effort to transmute and transfigure the dust of our humanity and the life of our world into the righteousness of the living God. by his life among men the Lord Jesus has touched with a divine beauty and filled with a divine splendor these common relations and occupations and interests of life. Christianity is the most real thing in the world. Christliness is the mould into which the whole creation is being shaped."

"Christian character is not something added on to life, not some special accomplishment like music or poetry. It is the harmonious development of the soul in all its powers and faculties; it is the soul honouring and fulfilling all the relationships of life."

- The New Citizenship (written by: Samuel Zane Batten)

You probably picked up the rather dated language used within the text. The copyright for this text dates back to 1898.

My thoughts: Many of you may read this text and dismiss it as common knowledge of a Christian. Which may be true, but my daily struggle is that I know all these things, I have been to Sunday School, I know all the right answers, I know all the stories, but how is that changing the way that I live. I am not just talking about becoming a "good citizen" or a "nice person". I am talking about becoming more like Christ.


I am not intending on constantly bombarding you with quotations. I just want to share the highlights with you as a bi of a teaser maybe...