A couple of quotes from Philip Yancey's "Soul Survivor" (an incredible bk i must say)...regarding the irrespressibly optimistic and humourous thinker/apologist/writer G.K Chesterton.
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When "The Times" asked a number of writers for essays on the topic 'What's wrong with the world?' Chesterton sent in the reply shortest and most to the point:
Dear Sirs:
I am.
Sincerely yours,
G.K Chesterton
[One of G.K Chesterton's strongest arguments in favour of Christianity is the failure of Christians, who thereby prove what the bible teaches about the Fall and the original sin. As the world goes wrong, it proves that the church is right in this basic doctrine]
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Chesterton who saw inexhaustible beauty in the humblest weed, like a danedelion. In a memorable passage, he contrasts our state with that of God who
"is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, 'Do it again' to the sun; and every evening, 'Do it again' to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we."
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Yancey on Chesteron:
"Chesterton himself said that the modern age is characterised by a sadness that calls for a new kind of prophet, not like prophets of old who reminded people that they were going to die, but someone who would remind them that they are not dead yet. "
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