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'Love's divine adventure'
Did Jesus have a sense of adventure? That’s not a presumptuous or a silly question. We all want to have fun—whether it’s whitewater rafting, trekking the Himalayas, or updating our status on Facebook. But is that impulse OK? What should we do with it?
I remember catching a glimpse of the answer. I was sitting in a room with a remarkable Christian Scientist, and I couldn’t get over the impression that he had veered into “happy talk.” He was so cheery, so convinced that God was reshaping him in His own likeness—second by second—that it almost seemed like an act. Could anyone, honestly, have that much fun just thinking about God?
Then I turned the question around: What am I not seeing that my friend was seeing? The answer came immediately. I wasn’t waking up every morning giddy to learn the lessons that God had in store for me. My friend was, and he was utterly absorbed by the adventure of it.
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About the author
Mark Sappenfield is the deputy national editor for The Christian Science Monitor.
