Greetings Dear Reader,
Some years ago, one of the stories that surfaced about Fred
Rogers was that part of his message was harmful. The perspective was that telling every child
that he or she is special is not healthy.
It caused quite a stir at the time and has resurfaced with the advent of
the documentary.
The real problem here is that we must all answer that
question sooner or later. Is each of us
special? We must address if our life is
unique and has significant value. We
must decide that about everyone.
The analysis should be simple. If you are conservative and believe in God
then every life is special because it contains a unique soul on the same
journey as you are. If you are liberal
and believed in God then the same applies.
If you are an atheist it does become more complex.
Since faith is not your standard it falls to you to choose what
you think the value of life is. We live
in a world where that value varies from culture to culture. We fight over the value of life, when it
begins, and who can choose to end it. It
should not surprise us when there are those who see life as less than unique to
the individual.
I would submit that we dare not dismiss the value of any
life until we have taken honest assessment of our own. I do mean honest. It is easy to count oneself valuable or
worthless when pride and pain are in play.
It is much more difficult to do the same with honesty and integrity.
As a Christ follower I believe that every life; every soul
is unique. I believe that we are all
special in some way that the world needs.
We all have something to contribute to the journey back to the
Father. What does this mean then to
everyday life for me?
It is simple. It
means that you are special and that I want to know you and the ways in which
your life makes the world a better place.
If I am going to accomplish that I must do so by journeying with
you. No matter where we fall in step I
must treat you with love and kindness. No
matter what our differences I must see that you are a life worthy of kindness
and grace. So, please won’t you walk
with me for a bit and, therefore, for a time be my neighbor.
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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Thorn:
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