Greetings Dear Reader,
Sometimes when there is an upheaval in life you learn things
you wish that you did not know. As the facades
and deceptions are torn away you see truths that to which you were previously blinded. The pain of this is genuine, damaging, and
enduring.
In some cases what you see are faults and flaws in you that
you must purge and repair. In other ways
you see the flaws in others that damage you and also need mending in the other
individual. The danger for me is that
this violation makes me wonder about other things. It drives the part of my mind that is a reader
of signs and finder of truth. You see
things in the light of revealed betrayal that you would not see in the soft
warm glow of trust and mutual respect.
As I am seeking to become more laser focused on faith and
following I am seeing things that want to derail me and shift my attention. Instead I am drilling deeper on love, forgiveness,
grace, and loyalty. Where I am offered rejection,
I am keeping faith. Where I am devalued
and unwanted, I intend to keep the door open and devote more prayer.
I will not stop loving those who refuse to show love to
me. I will not break faith with those
who have broken it with me. My sin is
partly responsible for every broken relationship in my life. I have to deal in grace and love because that
is what I so desperately need from the Father.
I dare not refuse it horizontally to others when I need it so much from
above.
If you are among those who follow in faith, it may be that
we all need to open the door and make sure that others know that reconciliation
is always an option. Those who have wandered
from the journey home may still need a hand to help them back on the path. If we promised to love them, then their
failure to love us in return is not an excuse to reject them. We need to make sure that the light is always
on for them; there is always a seat by the fire for them; and you have enough to
share with them.
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:
Bookings at aramisthorn@aramisthorn.com
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