The Word, words, and more words
BY THE WORD THE WORLD CAME, BY THE WORD IT IS UPHELD, BY THE WORD IT IS BEING REMADE…
“The very first tear he made was so deep that I thought it had gone right into my heart. And when he began pulling the skin off, it hurt worse than anything I’ve ever felt. The only thing that made me able to bear it was just the pleasure of feeling the stuff peel off. You know—if you’ve ever picked the scab off a sore place. It hurts like billy-oh but it is fun to see it coming away… he peeled the beastly stuff right off — just as I thought I’d done it myself the other three times, only they hadn’t hurt — and there it was, lying on the grass, only ever so much thicker, and darker, and more knobbly-looking than the others had been. And there was I as smooth and soft as a peeled switch and smaller than I had been. Then he caught hold of me—I didn’t like that much for I was very tender underneath now that I’d no skin on—and threw me into the water. It smarted like anything but only for a moment. After that it became perfectly delicious and as soon as I started swimming and splashing I found that all the pain had gone…After a bit the lion took me out and dressed me—””
C. S. Lewis
ABOUT JEFFF RODLAND
Jefff is a husband, father, son, and pastor
Jefff is the founding pastor at Redeemer Community Church in Centennial Colorado. With his wife, Jefff loves the Lord and His word and strives to proclaim His glories to the world, beginning with his marriage, children, and church.