a book.

several weeks ago i finished reading a book called "a severe mercy" by sheldon vanauken. it is beautifully written, and i highly recommend it to all those in the market for a new book to curl up with by the fireplace. (hopefully with a crackling fire and warm latte in hand if you're a victim of the everywhere-but-seattle blizzard that struck the country last week)

below are two (of many) quotes that particularly made me think, so i thought i would share them.

"the christianity we represented was sunny and joyous, with all the room in the world for humor and gaity, and yet at the same time rigorous and glorious. so we laughed and joked and poured out the wine but challenged their minds and souls. and the students smiled and abandoned the solemn voices they had been taught to use in speaking about such things, gaily drinking wine and discovering a Christ who was a blazing reality."

"do fish complain of the sea for being wet? or if they did, would that fact in itself not strongly suggest that they had not always been, or would not always be, purely aquatic creatures? then if we complain of time and take such joy in the seemingly timeless moment, what does that suggest? it suggests that we have not always been or will not always be purely temporal creatures. it suggests that we were created for eternity. not only are we harried by time, we seem unable, despite a thousand generations, even to get used to it. we are always amazed at it- how fast it goes, how slowly it goes, how much of it is gone. where, we cry, has the time gone? we aren't adapted to it, not at home in it. if that is so, it may appear as proof, or at least a powerful suggestion, that eternity exists and is our home."

hope you enjoyed them!

love,
tracey