Prayers and Thoughts

for Reflection

Lenton Devotional

2007

March 14

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't. 

Blaise Pascal

Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.
1 Corinthians 16:13

At a certain college, there was a professor with a reputation for being tough on Christians. At the first class every semester, he asked if anyone was a Christian and proceeded to degrade them and to mock their statement of faith.
 
One semester, he asked the question and a young man raised his hand when asked if anyone was a Christian. The professor asked, "Did God make everything, young man?" He replied, "Yes sir He did!" The professor responded, "If God made everything, then He made evil." The student didn't have a response and the professor was happy to have once again....proved the Christian faith to be a myth.
 
Then another man raised his hand and asked, "May I ask you something, sir?"

"Yes, you may," responded the professor.

The young man stood up and said "Sir, is there such thing as cold?"

"Of course there is, what kind of question is that? Haven't you ever been cold?"

The young man replied, "Actually, sir, cold doesn't exist. What we consider to be cold, is really an absence of heat. Absolute zero is when there is absolutely no heat, but cold does not really exist. We have only created that term to describe how we feel when heat is not there."
 
The young man continued, "Sir, is there such a thing as dark?"

Once again, the professor responded "Of course there is."

And once again, the student replied "Actually, sir, darkness does not exist. Darkness is really only the absence of light. Darkness is only a term man developed to describe what happens when there is no light present."
 
Finally, the young man asked, "Sir, is there such thing as evil?"

The professor responded, "Of course. We have rapes, and murders and violence everywhere in the world, those things are evil."
 
The student replied, "Actually, sir, evil does not exist. Evil is simply the absence of God. Evil is a term man developed to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. It isn't like truth, or love, which exist as virtues like heat or light. Evil is simply the state where God is not present, like cold without heat or darkness without light." The professor had nothing to say............
 
Be full of Christ today, there is no room for anything else.........
Author Unknown

Weave in faith and God will find the thread. 

Author Unknown

Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.
Romans 10:17

Faith enables persons to be persons because it lets God be God. 

Carter Lindberg

O Lord, I pray for an attitude that is Christlike.  You have shown me what your love is. Let me share Your goodness with all I meet this day.  Help me to know who is in need of comfort, and to guide them to where you are.  Amen.