Where to start? It feels to me as though this has been a week of unprecedented activity: relationally, physically, mentally and spiritually. It has been almost too much to bear- in fact at the moment I feel really burned out, like I’ve been trying to do too much. Nevertheless, God’s grace has been flowing in unexpected ways, even in the midst of the ruckus. It has been utterly undeserved (I suppose, in the end, that is what grace is).

I feel like many of my closest friends are catching a sort of gospel fever; a real desire to be disciples. It has been awesome to share in this growth and at the same time praise the Lord of the harvest, who is making it all happen. On Saturday, my buddy Marcos was sharing on how he believes in God simply because his reason tells him it must be true. He spoke of the fragile equilibrium of our bodies, the atmosphere, the position of the moon, etc.- insisting that these point to something so purposeful that it quite likely transcends the universe altogether. Our current state does not explain itself; one must look furiously above and beyond mere physical realties to encounter their Source.

He added that believing in the unseen is not such a ridiculous notion after all, referring to the forces of wind and gravity, whose effects can be seen, though they remain quite invisible. The same goes for God: the evidence of his existence can be seen everywhere- all the harmonious orbiting and rotating of massive bodies in space, sustaining one another, in the coming and passing of seasons, the rising and setting of the sun, the stars coming into view and disappearing anew. I was reminded of the place here G.K. Chesterton states, in his book Orthodoxy: “There was something personal in the world, as in a work of art; whatever it meant it meant violently.”

When God is part of the discussion, it can be felt. That afternoon I walked home feeling quite enlightened and overjoyed. To see such faith and desire to chase after the truth is beautiful thing. My prayer is that these friends of mine, as well as my family, will continue to walk in the paths of God, letting him lead them out into open spaces of freedom. I love the way this is expressed in Proverbs:

“The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn
Shining ever brighter till the full light of day.”