Greetings Dear Reader,
Yesterday my Son was trying to explain being related by
blood to my Grandsons without getting too deep into the reproduction
story. He and I stumbled around it for a
bit. I do not know if we explained it to
him well but it caused me to think about the ancestry about which I know.
My natural father was adopted by my paternal
grandparents. I do not really know my
paternal family past my progenitor. I
know a great deal about my maternal family.
I know much about the history of my adoptive father’s family. The stories involved around all three are
interesting to me.
I think that what we lose is that every story is
connected. We are all related no matter
how you think we got here. We all have
stories and they are connected. From the
beginning of man the story stretches through time until it reaches us.
When I ponder Jesus’ command to love our neighbors this
comes into the conversation. Even if I
consider that it is only through our place in as humans we are all related in
some way. Jesus’ place in that story stretches
to both ends of human history.
The never ending story that is redemption of man has at its
center the love of Jesus. If I tell my
story I cannot tell it without either accepting or rejecting this. I choose to accept it. I desire to live it.
It is a story about how our Creator went to the extreme to redeem
us. He made us and then he bought
us. We cannot tell our story without
considering that we are all connected through our humanity. The never ending aspect of that story is that
we are also all connected through Christ.
If I believe this then I must treat everyone with love and respect. It is what Christ wishes me to do.
Wishing you joy in the journey,
Aramis Thorn
Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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