Learning during wartime

Let me make a change of pace and start this blog with a quote “The work of a Beethoven, and the work of a charwoman, become spiritual on precisely the same condition, that of being offered to God, of being done humbly "as to the Lord". This does not, of course, mean that it is for anyone a mere toss-up whether he should sweep rooms or compose symphonies. A mole must dig to the glory of God and a cock must crow. We are members of one body, but differentiated members, each with his own vocation. A man's upbringing, his talents, his circumstances, are usually a tolerable index of his vocation. If our parents have sent us to Oxford, if our country allows us to remain there, this is prima facie evidence that the life which we, at any rate, can best lead to the glory of God at present is the learned life.” While this may be a bit of a long excerpt to take from Lewis’s sermon I think that this is the heart of his argument. He clearly states that everyone has their own natural God given talents and they are all equally important to his kingdom so long as they are done for the lord. If there is one thing that I think Calvin has been good about it is emphasizing this point. We don’t all have to be preachers and while we should all be missionaries not all of us have to go off and translate the bible into languages that have never been written. What we should do however is let the light of god shine through us in each of our fields so that we may make greater the kingdom of heaven. In one of the Screwtape letters Screwtape wants his nephew to make his patient Christian and something in order to weaken him. However in this instance by being Christian and an engineer, or Christian and a doctor or, Christian and a CNC machine operator, or Christian and a janitor we can be stronger and bring others to Christ.