The Crimson Thread of Christmas – Ecclesiastes

Greetings Dear Reader,

We need an honest view of the vanity that is in life.  I need to see that the things that are self-serving and those that are not.  As Solomon weaves this part of his tapestry it joins our larger one in it raw honesty.

That honesty is often misunderstood as pessimism.  That honesty is hard to see because it shines a glaring light on my own vanities.  We seek to satisfy our wants by neglecting our needs.  We take in excess and leave others wanting all to satisfy our own desires.

We engage in the futility of blaming this group or that when what it takes is for everyone to act individually.  The crimson thread is seen in the need to avoid the excesses and look to Jesus’ command to care for the poor.

Advent is a reminder of humility in greatness.  When we have we must not put pride and possessions above people.  We must live in wisdom.  We must attend to the  needs of others every day. 

Under the Son – Michael Card

He was a King, a teacher, the wisest in the land

Driven by a passion, just to know and understand

He opened wide His eyes sought to see beyond the lies

And found a world beyond His understanding

Under the sun, He saw the vanity of vanities

He bravely looked at life and saw futility

Torn between the facts He saw and all he ever had believed

Between His hopes and what He'd clearly seen

He hoped it might be wisdom so He set himself to learn

But found the more the knowledge the more sorrow and concern

And so He turned to pleasure, to folly and to cheer

But still His laughter, tasted of His tears

Under the sun, it was all vanity of vanities

In wisdom or in wine, He found futility

In knowledge or in folly, for the wise man or the fool

Hopelessness will always be the rule

And yet there is a time for everything that's under heaven

A time to run, a time to stand and fight

So in the face of cold despair, no matter what seems right

Remember, darkness drives us to the light

Under the sun

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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