“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory, and Other Addresses
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be filled," says Jesus in Matthew 5:6.
Are we left empty because we are too easily pleased?
Are we unfulfilled because we are content playing in the mud?
Is the cruise ship sailing without us because we've assumed a life in the slums?
Is our problem that our desires are too weak? Are we settling for drink, sex and ambition, at the expense of infinite joy?
Why are we living a life of being far too easily pleased, when God has already made possible, through his Son, a freedom that reaches heights that we could never ask for or imagine on our own?
These very questions are what lies behind the reason we emphasize small groups for children, teens and adults. Quit playing in the mud and jump on the ship. There is a blessing of filling for those who refuse to be easily pleased.
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