GK Chesterton on how he came to faith in Christianity:
“If there is an element of farce in what follows, the farce is at my own expense; for this book explains how I fancied I was the first to set foot in Brighton [i.e. Christianity] and then found I was the last. It recounts my elephantine adventures in pursuit of the obvious. No one can think my case more ludicrous than I think it myself; no reader can accuse me here of trying to make a fool of him: I am the fool of this story, and no rebel shall hurl me from my throne.”
Christ is the end of all searching. Christ is the whole point of everything. In HIM all things hang together. Chesterton realized this…and thought he was the first!
Gotta love that last phrase though: “.. I am the fool of this story, and no rebel shall hurl me from my throne.” Brilliant
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