Greetings Dear Reader,
From the Fellowship of the Ring – J.R.R. Tolkien
All that is gold does
not glitter,
Not all those who
wander are lost;
The old that is strong
does not wither,
Deep roots are not
reached by the frost.
From the ashes a fire
shall be woken,
A light from the
shadows shall spring;
Renewed shall be blade
that was broken,
The crownless again
shall be king.
I realize that we do not always know when we are
wandering. Jesus promised that we would
be wanderers: “The wind blows wherever
it will. You see the impact and hear the
sound. You cannot tell where it comes or where it is going. So is everyone that is driven by the Spirit
of God.” It is possible to both wander
and follow. It is not possible to just
wander and not follow. We get lost.
Fortunately when we realize we are lost and admit we want to
come home the journey is very short. We
do not have to clean up, shape up, or heal up.
We only have to come as we are. We really can come as we are. We can do it every day if necessary.
We have so many things that haunt us. So many things that we might have done had we
not wandered try to convince us that we cannot come home. We ponder and wonder as we wander when all we
really need to do is admit that we want to come home to Christ.
It takes both humility and arrogance to do this. We must humbly admit that we have gotten lost
and wandered to far from following. Then
we must absurdly ask to be allowed to follow.
I have chased money and “love” instead of Christ. The damage from my wandering echoes still in
the lives of my Sons.
I may have for a moment felt that I was where I wished to
be. What I was really doing was following
things that were not Christ. In my
wandering I have found that it is wandering in the wrong direction that is the
problem. I am designed to wander but
only because I follow the Wanderer. When
I stray I can come back in a moment. The
journey back to Christ is only a moment and repeatable every moment if I am
willing.
The
Lion’s Share – Dan Fogelberg
Grand slam, your moment's at hand
The day holds a costly bargain
Lost lamb asking the lion's share
Homespun, a prodigal son
Comes begging a humble pardon
But no one rises to hear his prayer
Lone star, you've wandered so far
And long in the unfamiliar
That now you travel a map unknown
Star bright, a constant delight
To those in the dark and still your
Birthright's to shine in the night alone
Living in the shadows
Of the things that might have been
Torn between the blessing and the curse
You may starve the hunger
But you'll never slake the thirst
For the nectar you remember
But you'll never taste again
Nonesuch, your Midas' touch
Has gilded your heart and left you
So much playing the prince of clowns
Hell-bent, empty and spent
Just look what your gamble's got you
Exiled, far from the sacred grounds
Living in the shadows
Of the things that might have been
Torn between the blessing and the curse
You may stop the hunger
But you'll never slake the thirst
For the nectar you remember
But you'll never taste again
Grand slam, your moment's at hand
The day holds a costly bargain
Lost lamb asking the lion's share
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." ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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