Thoughts from minds far deeper than mine...

I receive a daily e-mail with a short devotional written by Elisabeth Elliot. This mornings was a total echo of what I wrote about in my blog yesterday. She writes

C. S. Lewis, one of the most godly and civilized men I have ever heard of,
exemplified what Paul was getting at. Lewis wrote that he was never bored by
routine. In fact, he said, he liked it. He had what his anthologist Clyde S.
Kilby called "a mind awake." Why should routine spoil it? Pictures of him show a
joyful man. But he was not a man unacquainted with poverty, hard work, and
suffering any more than Paul was. He knew them, but he knew, too, what lay
beyond. "All joy," he wrote to a friend, "(as distinct from mere pleasure, still
more amusement) emphasizes our pilgrim status; always reminds, beckons, awakens desire. Our best havings are wantings."

Don't you love that? "Our best havings are wantings." She concludes her article with this thought.

Is there for us, too, an antidote for boredom? The promise of Christ was not
for Paul alone. "My grace is sufficient for you." It's a gift to be accepted. If
we refuse it, nothing will be enough and boredom will be the story of our
lives.

May you know God's grace that is sufficient for you (and me) as we approach the celebration of His birth!