Wednesday’s Reflection
I LOOK FOR GOD in books. I’ve always loved to read, and now I write; so books are my natural element, like air for butterflies. Sometimes, God’s presence in a book is obvious. Other times God is hiding. Sometimes authors don’t want God to be part of the story; but they can’t help writing about human nature, redemption, and creation.
C. S. Lewis, who wrote The Chronicles of Narnia, was an atheist before he became a Christian. He said, “A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading.” God, who spoke the world into being and who speaks to us through a book, likes words and gets into them in all sorts of ways. . . .
The best thing is that when God shows up in a book, God is always greater than the book. God transforms us with words.
- Rachel Starr Thompson
devozine, March/April 2011
From “Books” by Rachel Starr Thompson, page 25 in devozine, the devotional lifestyle magazine for teens. Copyright © 2010 by The Upper Room. All rights reserved. Used by permission. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
In what books have you sensed God’s presence? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
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