117 he was shocked
Charles Colson, was a special aide to
President Nixon. One day, he drove to a
secluded spot on the Atlantic seacoast
for a few days. His purpose?
To answer some questions about life.
The first night, he took a pad and wrote
across the top "Is there a God?"
After reading and thinking awhile, his
thoughts drifted back to a day when
something unexpected happened.
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He and his two boys were shoving off in a
14-foot sailboat that he had bought for
them. The youngest, Chris, was in control.
Suddenly, "the most marvelous look came
over Chris' face." Colson could hardly take
his eyes off him. Then, without realizing
it, he found himself talking to God and
thanking him for this "wonderful moment."
Minutes later, he was shocked when he
realized what he had done. "It had been
a spontaneous expression of gratitude
that simply by passed the mind and
took for granted what reason had never
shown me."
"It assumed that personal communication
with this unproven God was possible.
Why else would I have spoken unless
deep down I felt that Someone some-
where was listening?"
At that moment of spontaneous gratitude,
faith in God was born in him.
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