Canada 150

Canada 150.  Compared to England, we’re a youngster. Just to make sure everyone reading this knows, I was not there that day in 1867, 1917 for the 50th. This week we will celebrate the making of this nation didn’t just come on that day one hundred and fifty years ago. I happened before that date and will happen again tomorrow. Becoming something is an ongoing exercise. They laid down a foundation that began even before one particular day. Since then all of us have contributed to the building of this great nation.

It is the same with each of us individually. We didn’t just all of a sudden become who we are. There is no point in which you became who you are. It even happened before we were born with the parents God prepared for us to be born to. We lived and were nurtured until the day we walked out into the world on our own. We are still walking, still going forward and still in the process of becoming who we are. It only ends when we graduate into the next life.

That too is a process. We didn’t all of a sudden become a follower of Christ and on a trajectory to heaven. It has come from parent, teachers at church, pastors, friends, and many other individuals who impacted us with the never changing message of Jesus Christ. We had to get to know Him and then make a decision that He is the Christ, the Son of the Living God just like Peter did. That is our personal anniversary. It’s the day everything in our life changed.

Now, many years later, we can look back on our spiritual awakening and know that the journey still goes on. This coming Saturday don’t just reflect on Canada but reflect on how your life in Christ continues to unfold.

Just because it’s something important to think about.