--1 John 5:5
One book that has influenced me as much as any piece of spiritual writing is The Sacred Romance by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge. Of the many things I cherish about that book, one thing that really stood out was the authors' suggestion that most Christians are, essentially, functionally agnostic or even atheist. Despite what we profess to believe about our place in eternity as redeemed children of God, most of us act as if we are, in fact, alone in the world. We fret and worry and rely solely on ourselves. In today's reading, the author of 1 John makes a passionate case that, as baptized believers, this is a deluded point of view. "I write these things to you so that you may know that you have eternal life," he concludes. In the Gospel passage, Jesus heals the leper and reminds us that he does, indeed, will our redemption and restoration to wholeness.
What would my day be like if I truly understood it as a moment in eternity? If I saw my life without the limits of space and time that this finite body suggests, but rather from the perspective of timeless and infinitude that we are promised? It's a miracle too spectacular to easily accept, which is why we mostly don't accept it. But what if it was true? As disciples, isn't that what we are called to accept? Isn't that what we profess to believe? The miracle of our own life and eternal redemption?
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