," CS Lewis says this: "Next to [communion] your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses." When we have conversations with people throughout the day, we have an opportunity to interact with beings who are made in the image of God (Genesis 1:27).
My "to do" list wasn't created in the image of God. My meeting this morning wasn't created in the image of God. My email wasn't created in the image of God. But the hundreds of people I will interact with today - whether bumping shoulders at the grocery store or in a more intentional setting - were created as representatives of a Creator God who is in the business of reconciling the world to Himself (2 Corinthians 5).
CS Lewis says we won't interact with a more holy object today than the people we see. Sort of changes the way you think about those encounters, doesn't it?
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Makes me think of the new Matthew West song, 'My Own Little World.' I watched the video yesterday and was pretty convinced that I'm not doing a good job in this area.
oh, and yay Clive Staples! :)
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