The Church Is Something Beautiful

We Have The Right To Rid Our Houses Of Ants; But What We Have No Right To Do Is To Forget To Honor The Ant As God Made It, Out In The Place Where God Made The Ant To Be. When We Meet The Ant On The Sidewalk, We Step Over Him. He Is A Creature, Like Ourselves; Not Made In The Image Of God, It Is True, But Equal With Man As Far As Creation Is Concerned. The Ant And The Man Are Both Creatures.

Truth Carries With It Confrontation.

The Value Of The Things Is Not In Themselves Autonomously, But That God Made Them, And Thus They Deserve To Be Treated With High Respect. The Tree In The Field Is To Be Treated With Respect. It Is Not To Be Romanticized As The Old Lady Romanticizes Her Cat (that Is, She Reads Human Reactions Into It). This Is Wrong Because It Is Not True. When You Drive The Axe Into The Tree When You Need Firewood, You Are Not Cutting Down A Person; You Are Cutting Down A Tree. But While We Should Not Romanticize The Tree, We Must Realize God Made It And It Deserves Respect Because He Made Is As A Tree.

Our Trusting The Lord Does Not Mean That There Are Not Times Of Tears. I Think It Is A Mistake As Christians To Act As Though Trusting The Lord And Tears Are Not Compatible.

If Christians Win A Battle By Using Worldly Means, They Have Really Lost.