The war in the Middle East is not over. We still have men and women in harm’s
way. I realize it has fallen out of the
news and most of us ignore it. My Daughter
in Law, Raven served in the war. She is
medic and risked everything to care for the wounded and dying. She exemplified Christ’s command to love your
enemy by volunteering to care for wounded insurgents. This will always be the clearest example of
following Christ in that command I know.
I hate war with the deepest kind of hatred I think I am
capable of feeling. No man ever has to
kill another to get what he needs. No
religion has the right to take the lives of others to further a cause. No one gains from harming another life. I hate war and always will.
Because I hate so much when people take to killing each
other over things, ideas, and land I sometimes I forget that I am constantly at
war. I forget that within me are two
wills who want my attention. I am just
as evil as anyone who kills others for his own gain. I am just a wicked as those who create
suffering for power. I have a nature
that left to its own purpose would become a destroyer of worlds.
I also have a nature that is compassionate. I love deeply and permanently. I see the good in others and desire to
enhance it. I find great pleasure in
making others realize their own potential.
I so often forget that these two natures are at war. Recently a friend reminded me of this conflict
and in my attempt to follow Christ more closely I have been spending some time
examining it. It takes strategy to win a
war. I am going to spend a little time
in planning the next phase. Walk with me
for a bit if you wish.
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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