Living the Wondrous Adventure
~G. K. Chesterton
“...The way to see these little adventures in the right light
is to recognize the great adventure of which they are all but a small part. All
of these little details fit in the great adventure of our life like panes of
glass in a great baroque window. Coming to know God, to discover the plan that
He has laid before our feet, is this great life-long adventure. To learn how
God is calling us to Himself puts each of the little events of life in perspective
and makes it sparkle with wonder.
Keeping in sight the wonders of this great adventure, the
soul avoids getting lost in this project at work, this business deal, or even
this long-awaited vacation. Its eyes fixed on the final prize, the soul finds
that every moment becomes more of a delight and every little thing becomes more
wondrous, as the pane of emerald glass is even more wondrous when seen in its
place in the window.
If we can see each day and each hour and our whole life in
expectation of some great adventure, each sunrise trembles with anticipation as
each hour ripens with the question ‘what adventure does the Lord have in store
for me today?’ In a life lived thus, if we can learn to see life as the
adventure of coming to know the Lord and learning to walk in His way, death
itself ceases to be a mere inconvenience or welcome rest, but rather the last
and greatest adventure for which we prepare our whole life long.”
~Joseph Graziano
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