Has the Bible ever grabbed hold of you? It did me.
I belonged to a youth group at a local church.
One week we read from the sermon on the mount: “You have heard it said, ‘Love your neighbour, hate your enemy,’ but I tell you, love your enemies, and do good to those who hate you.”
I was grabbed by the heart. I said to the others, “Wow, if people really lived this it would change the world.”
They dismissed me with a “Yeah, we know.”
“No, you don’t you get it. This stuff could change the world!”
“Yeah, yeah.”
I wanted to shake someone! “Don’t you see, this is it. This is the secret to life!”
They didn’t see and I couldn’t make them. But it grabbed me and it’s been my life’s work to help other people see ever since.
Has it grabbed you yet?
Paul Clark’s musings can be heard on radio across Australia and at atthetop.org.au.
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