THE WHOLE OBJECT OF TRAVEL IS NOT TO SET FOOT ON FOREIGN LAND; IT IS AT LAST TO SET FOOT ON ONE'S OWN COUNTRY AS A FOREIGN LAND - G. K. Chesterton
I continue hear a growing number of Christan prophets lament the demise of Christianity in North America while others are celebrating more diversity, tolerance, and less rigidness when it comes to the faith people profess and practice. Several of my friends suggest its the journey and not the destination that is important. Now that sounds good until you wind up in Alaska shoveling snow as one of my friend's told me after he registered for the armed services.
Is it just the ride that counts and not where one is traveling to that counts? Does it matter if one ends up in Porta Prince or Porta Rico? Where is the church going today? Does it even matter? If traveling to geographical locations matter, should it matter where one is going spiritually and ecclesially? If all churches are equal then it really does not matter. But does God care where we end up and how we arrive there? Surely we see people going opposite directions when it comes to Protestants becoming Catholics and Catholics becoming Protestants. We see people all over the map theologically and every political issue tagged with the title "Christian" on it.
Does Jesus wear designer brands or is there something more deeper that He is after when it comes to our values and allegiances? Where we end up may matter a whole lot if its not really the destination we are truly after. So maybe the next time we are doing a spiritual inventory on where we are at in the moment (like "here you are" on a map), we need to ask, "Is this close to where I really want to be?" Just asking . . .
Is it just the ride that counts and not where one is traveling to that counts? Does it matter if one ends up in Porta Prince or Porta Rico? Where is the church going today? Does it even matter? If traveling to geographical locations matter, should it matter where one is going spiritually and ecclesially? If all churches are equal then it really does not matter. But does God care where we end up and how we arrive there? Surely we see people going opposite directions when it comes to Protestants becoming Catholics and Catholics becoming Protestants. We see people all over the map theologically and every political issue tagged with the title "Christian" on it.
Does Jesus wear designer brands or is there something more deeper that He is after when it comes to our values and allegiances? Where we end up may matter a whole lot if its not really the destination we are truly after. So maybe the next time we are doing a spiritual inventory on where we are at in the moment (like "here you are" on a map), we need to ask, "Is this close to where I really want to be?" Just asking . . .
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