If I were forced to choose my favorite episode of the original
Star Trek series it would be episode #25, “The City on the Edge of Forever.” It originally aired on April 6, 1967. I was seven.
It enthralled me at a very young age with the idea of someone standing
guardian over time and history. I would
not learn about the sovereignty of God for another ten years.
As I have been pondering my journey to and with Christ I
have often been drawn back to thoughts I have long held about this episode of
my favorite TV show. I have always
wanted to travel the stars and see what is “out there.” I have longed to be the captain of a
star ship. I want there to be other
planets inhabited by amazing life forms.
I realize that this is not something that will become a
reality for me but it is also a dream I will never release. In some ways I get to be more of an influence
than my childhood hero. Every time I do
what is right in following Christ or influence someone else to see Christ for
who he is I get to impact eternity.
I do not claim to have a clear understanding of what comes
next. I know it is better than I can
imagine and I know that Christ is at the center of it. I also know it is eternal. All that I do here figures into it in some
way. I think that if I knew it all I
could not process it. I do know this,
that in a small way my part in the story makes me a guardian of forever.
When I act in faith I am influencing eternity. When I act outside of faith I am doing the
same. Every choice echoes throughout the
cosmos to show that even in my insignificance I make an eternal difference.
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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