H,
I see your point but even if
we did not know then we are sure now that there is need for some serious
healing. Not just from our past, full of misconceptions about God and other common
and uncommon disasters, but also from our present where the sand gets in our
teeth and we are constantly surrounded by the threat of not meaning anything at
all.
we did not know then we are sure now that there is need for some serious
healing. Not just from our past, full of misconceptions about God and other common
and uncommon disasters, but also from our present where the sand gets in our
teeth and we are constantly surrounded by the threat of not meaning anything at
all.
Nowadays I feel we are being
released from that burden. The burden of what we think a life that matters
really means. We are lost in this idea that actions count in the physical world
and that lays up for us some sort of spiritual inheritance in the life to come.
This may well be true. We are told to run a race and get a prize. Yet, it may
not all connect between acts and eternity in the way we think. There is always
something deeper going on beyond the obvious. I do not think Elyon is trying to
make it harder. I think they are trying make us more real. If we think all we
have to do is act then all we will do is act. See what I mean?
released from that burden. The burden of what we think a life that matters
really means. We are lost in this idea that actions count in the physical world
and that lays up for us some sort of spiritual inheritance in the life to come.
This may well be true. We are told to run a race and get a prize. Yet, it may
not all connect between acts and eternity in the way we think. There is always
something deeper going on beyond the obvious. I do not think Elyon is trying to
make it harder. I think they are trying make us more real. If we think all we
have to do is act then all we will do is act. See what I mean?
It was never meant to be
easy on our nature. The most challenging thing to do on earth is to stand in
the light. There is so much darkness all around our own hearts.
easy on our nature. The most challenging thing to do on earth is to stand in
the light. There is so much darkness all around our own hearts.
I remember thinking recently
of all the doors I want to close in my own fractured memory. I would remember
something and have a smile on my face. Then I would remember it again and the
truth of it would slip out from other the interpretation I had given it before.
The smile would go and I would be on the floor, all my fears realized. The unpleasantness
we keep trying to hide is at the root of heavy-sleepless nights and listless
lives. There is not enough beer in the world to cure us of the sting of memory.
of all the doors I want to close in my own fractured memory. I would remember
something and have a smile on my face. Then I would remember it again and the
truth of it would slip out from other the interpretation I had given it before.
The smile would go and I would be on the floor, all my fears realized. The unpleasantness
we keep trying to hide is at the root of heavy-sleepless nights and listless
lives. There is not enough beer in the world to cure us of the sting of memory.
And there it is, right? Once
we start looking inward we faint at the things we do not want to see.
we start looking inward we faint at the things we do not want to see.
I do not think we should look at ourselves
with anything less than the light of God. We go back to prayer and quietness
and from that unpack all these Freudian slips and Jungian slip ups. There is
still healing in the blood, on the cross and in the resurrection to come. For too
long we have tried to heal ourselves by forgetting. Now we must learn to be
healed by the open heart of God.
with anything less than the light of God. We go back to prayer and quietness
and from that unpack all these Freudian slips and Jungian slip ups. There is
still healing in the blood, on the cross and in the resurrection to come. For too
long we have tried to heal ourselves by forgetting. Now we must learn to be
healed by the open heart of God.
Let the healing begin.
Amen.