Pause for Thought: 28 September
The Spring of Moral Fruitfulness
Christianity, when it is true to its own genius, is able to believe in humanity recklessly, despite all that saddens and discourages, because it has seen the vision of God, the eternal source of all worth and wonder lifting us up to become sons and daughters of God. That is the spring of all creative effort, sureness of touch and mastery in life. On the whole and in the long run those men and women have been most effective in changing and remodelling the present world, who have realised that goodness, in whatever form, is not in the end something that we produce, but something that claims us and is imparted to us by the eternal and unchanging goodness. The vision of God is the spring of moral fruitfulness. The source of all creative conviction is the vision of one who is Faithful and True, unchanged in underived perfection.
The Spring of Moral Fruitfulness
Christianity, when it is true to its own genius, is able to believe in humanity recklessly, despite all that saddens and discourages, because it has seen the vision of God, the eternal source of all worth and wonder lifting us up to become sons and daughters of God. That is the spring of all creative effort, sureness of touch and mastery in life. On the whole and in the long run those men and women have been most effective in changing and remodelling the present world, who have realised that goodness, in whatever form, is not in the end something that we produce, but something that claims us and is imparted to us by the eternal and unchanging goodness. The vision of God is the spring of moral fruitfulness. The source of all creative conviction is the vision of one who is Faithful and True, unchanged in underived perfection.
From The Relevance of Christianity, by F. R. Barry
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