Greetings Dear Reader,
One of the opportunities that I most look forward to as I
prepare for Advent is the deeper sense of community. The call upon our lives is twofold. We are called to love God and we are called
to love each other. The call is to be a
community. I cannot begin to think about
the Advent of Christ without pondering how much I am to be aware of the needs
of those around me.
I hear Marley’s voice from A Christmas Carol instructing the
unrepentant Scrooge, “Mankind was my business.”
If I do not use the community of faith to reach the community of man
than I cannot truly put my heart in line with Christ’s.
As I ponder Advent I must prepare my heart to be of service
to others. The call is to
community. It really is that simple.
In an upstairs room, a parable is just about to come alive.
And while they bicker about who's best, with a painful
glance, He'll silently rise.
Their Savior Servant must show them how through the will of
the water
and the tenderness of the towel.
And the call is to community, The impoverished power that
sets the soul free.
In humility, to take the vow, that day after day we must
take up the basin and the towel.
In any ordinary place, on any ordinary day,
the parable can live again when one will kneel and one will
yield.
Our Saviour Servant must show us how through the will of the
water
and the tenderness of the towel.
And the space between ourselves sometimes is more than the
distance between the stars.
By the fragile bridge of the Servant's bow we take up the
basin and the towel.
And the call is to community, The impoverished power that
sets the soul free.
In humility, to take the vow, that day after day we must
take up the basin and the towel.
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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