Greetings Dear Reader,
I have driven the route to and from my residence in the
northern Mid-West to various family dwellings around Atlanta for seventeen
years now. The drive takes fourteen
hours give or take. I always observe if
there are cars or trucks common to the route I am driving. On one voyage I leapfrogged with a green GMS
Palm Beach the entire journey. It was
from Wisconsin and I can only surmise that it was headed to Florida.
Even though the journey is solitary for each of it requires
that we journey together. It is
necessary for us to care for each other.
It is even required. The analogy
of the long drive is so apropos. We
encounter others whether long term or briefly.
Those we encounter see us from their perspective; their journey.
We are told how we should see all fellow travelers. We must see them as Christ sees them. We must love them as he loves them. Some will hurt us. Some will benefit our lives briefly or in the
long term. Some will promise to journey
with us the entire way and then abandon us.
All are worthy or our love.
These fellow travelers are not so different from me. They are flawed and in need of all that Christ
offers. They are obligated to love me
just as I am obligated. They are under
the requirements from God that I am under.
Not one of them will reach the end of the path without at some point
needing that love.
No matter how briefly someone journey’s next to me it is my
obligation and honor to be loving and king to him or her. Just yesterday I encountered a friend I have
not seen in a couple of years. Our encounter
was brief but it filled me with genuine joy to travel together for a
moment. I want to become holy ground for
those whom I encounter. I want to be an
oasis on the journey.
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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