by Jerry Senn
“When Lloyd C Douglas, author of The Robe and other novels, was a university student, he lived in a boarding house. Downstairs on the first flood was an elderly, retired music teacher, now infirm and unable to leave his apartment.
“Douglas said that every morning they had a ritual they would go through together. He would come down the steps, open the old man’s door, and ask, ‘Well, what’s the good news?’
“The old man would pick up his tuning fork, tap it on the side of his wheelchair, and say, ‘That’s middle C! It was middle C yesterday; it will be middle C tomorrow; it will be middle C a thousand years from now. The tenor upstairs sings flat, the piano across the hall is out of tune, but my friend, that is middle C.’
“The old man had discovered one thing upon which he could depend, one constant reality in his life, one ‘still point in a turning world.’ For Christians, the one ‘still point in a turning world,’ the one absolute of which is no shadow of turning, is Jesus Christ.” (Craig Brian Larson)
This is an excellent illustration of what the inspired writer of Hebrews reminds us:
“Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, ‘I will never leave you nor forsake you.’ So we can confidently say, ‘The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?’ Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8, ESV).
Happy New Year !!!