Greetings
Dear Reader,
I wonder
what comes to mind when you read that title.
Who do you think of when someone mentions disposable humans? Since we are all created in God’s image no
one is truly disposable. No one is insignificant
or less than vital.
That said,
we should do a much better job of not treating others as disposable. Sadly we marginalize God every time we ignore
the significance of others. The obvious
is the large picture of the poor and needy.
When we ignore this great need for any reason we set God to the
side. Anyone claiming to follow Christ
must follow this command to care for those in need.
We have also,
as a society embraced the concept that children are disposable. From abortion to absentee parents children in
our society are disposable. I do not
know how to address all the specific needs of parents in trouble but I do know
that abandoning and murdering children is not the option. Perhaps if we did not relegate those in need
to the edges of our reality there would not be so many children among the
disposed.
Perhaps one
of the loudest forms of people disposing is the abandonment of marriages. A union that is supposed to be life-long and
an image of Christ’s relationship to us has become temporary when either
partner decides it is. Being guilty of
this has made me acutely aware of the long term damage it does to family and
friends. Since we make our vows before
God we must marginalize him to abandon them.
In all of
these, when we ignore the love required of us for others, we marginalize
God. I cannot follow Christ and neglect
those he loves. The paths are
contradictory.
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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