Devotional Classics

**more Haiti tomorrow of Friday**

This morning I read the first reading in Devotional Classics compiled and edited by Richard Foster and J.B. Smith; I think I'm going to love this book for many years to come.

The first reading is put together from excerpts of C.S. Lewis's classic Mere Christianity. The focus of this section is "Giving All to Christ."

This quote has grabbed a hold of me:

The terrible thing, the almost impossible thing, is to hand over your whole self--all your wishes and precautions--to Christ. But it is far easier than what we are trying to do instead. For what we are trying to do is to remain what we call "ourselves", to keep personal happiness as our great aim in life, and yet at the same time be "good". We are all trying to let our mind and heart go their own way--centered on money or pleasure or ambition--and hoping, in spite of this, to behave honestly and chastely and humbly. And this is exactly what Christ warned us you could not do.

And this reflection question has been banging around my head all day:

In Luke 14:25-33, Jesus encourages those who would follow him to "count the cost" of being one of his disciples. What has being a Christian cost you?

I hope they provide some spiritual challenge for you, as well.
Let us press on to know the Lord!