“. . . I know that good is coming to me—that good is always coming: though few have at all times the simplicity and courage to believe it.” George MacDonald, the last page of Phantastes. Quoted in Around the Year with C.S. Lewis and His Friends, compiled by Kathryn Lindskoog.
When my daughter was an infant, I saw in her an innocence I could not comprehend. Nothing bad, nothing evil, nothing painful had ever touched her. Her face and demeanor shouted, “Good and only good is coming to me.” Since then, I have seen her suffer. I have seen her face full of fear and pain. I have seen evil touch her. I have seen her innocence fade.
How do we regain that joy, wonder, openness and courage? How do we maintain our innocence? We cannot remain untouched by pain and suffering. But we have an advocate who has declared us innocent and who cleanses us daily from all evil. We have a brother who has suffered and who shares our suffering. “Good is always coming.”
I John 2: 1-12
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
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