“But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart.” Lk2.19-19 NIV
We may believe with intellectual sincerity that Christ is the Son of the living God, just as we believe that men have walked the lunar landscape. But to believe something in the mind is a different sort of faith than trusting it with ones heart. Now I am not saying that we should trust something simply because it “feels” right. It is true that much of what we take to heart begins first in the mind and probably should. We use the expression “take to heart,” when we want to convey our deepest interaction with something and in this case, with someone. Believing in the historical Jesus may very well be the first step in coming to Him but certainly not the last. Conversely, it would be silly to ask people to take Jesus to heart if they do not believe that He lived in history. Faith in Christ is not to be compared to faith in Santa. He lived in history; He asks now to live in our hearts. Take Him to heart. 12/24/2007 ts
Just me trying to be honest with God.
