Greetings Dear Reader,
After the creation the Father declared all things good. The first thing he saw as not good was that
man was alone. He showed the man that
his need was genuine and fulfilled it.
All is good
Man intervenes in the good.
He chooses to disobey God. The
crimson thread begins with the need redeem man’s disobedience. God already knew what he would do about
it. He sets the frame for the tapestry he
will weave for us. He begins with the
promise that the offspring of the woman will crush the serpent.
The meaning of this will unfold but the sand of time drifts
on through the glass. The population
grows and families form. Man increases
in his capacity to invent evil. God
intervenes to slow him down. He chooses
the family through which he will weave the redemption tapestry. He chooses the people who will carry his
banner even though he knows they will soil and disgrace it. He knows that any people would.
The family he chooses grows.
They migrate. They are blessed
and are feared for their prosperity. Their
benefactor is a son who is a symbol of the Son to come. The thread weaves a nation from a man. What starts as creation that is good and
filled with all the potential of a loving God ends in a coffin in Egypt.
As I turn my heart toward the giving of thanks I must see my
part in the effort of redeeming things back to good. As I ponder Advent I must remember the
beginning so I understand what can be if I follow faithfully.
The Beginning - Michael Card
In the beginning was the beginning
And in it all began
All that they had was God and the garden
The woman and the man
Before creation learned to groan
The stars would dance and sing
Each moment was new, every feeling was fresh
For the creature king and queen
But deep in the heart of that beautiful garden
Forbidden truth was found
That they were deceived, disobeyed and were driven
From that holy ground
But beside the tree of disobedience
The tree of life did grow
The gift of its fruit and eternal beginning
But they would never know
The beginning will make all things new
New life belongs to Him
He hands us each new moment saying
My child begin again
My child begin again
You're free to start again
This very moment is filled with His power
That we might start anew
To break us away from the past and the future
He does what He must do
And so the Alpha brings to us
This moment to commence
To live in the freedom of total forgiveness
With reckless confidence, with reckless confidence
The beginning will make all things new
New life belongs to Him
He hands us each new moment saying
My child, begin again
My child, begin again
You're free to start again
The beginning will make all things new
New life belongs to him
He hands us each new moment, saying
My child, begin again
My child, begin again
You're free to start again
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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