Charles Spurgeon’s Mother once wrote to him, saying, “I have often prayed for you to become a Christian, but not that you might become a baptist.”

With characteristic pleasantry, Spurgeon responded, “It is just like the Lord not only to answer prayer but to bestow more than had been asked.”

I’m not a Baptist, but I love that response. We should be able to be light-hearted about our simple differences in the Church.