Greetings Dear Reader,
“Now, it seems to me
some fine things
Have been laid upon your table…”
Have been laid upon your table…”
Desperado – The
Eagles
It might be good to listen to the song again today. Whilst doing so, consider the many ways we
disregard the value of what we have. In my
years as a technology professor I would always caution my students not to look
at computer prices or features for six months after purchasing a new one. The pain of new prices or better technology
will devalue what we just obtained.
We fail to see the value of what we already have in things,
situations, and relationships. When it
comes to love we are especially guilty of this.
We calcify our hearts bit by bit in the name of our independence and
self-seeking. We talk about self-love
when it is usually selfishness wrapped in psychobabble. Do not mistake this for me putting down the
idea of developing a good self-image. I
see the value of that.
What we must not do is become all about self. We fail to see that there are priceless treasures
of love in our lives. We have the love
of Jesus overflowing toward us constantly.
That is not enough for us.
We have family members who love us and sacrifice for
us. We want something else. We may have a spouse that loves us or even
one who struggles to love us. We fail to
treasure him or her the way we are supposed to.
Some years ago, I made Thanksgiving Dinner for a large group
of people. Among my guests was a little
girl who was precocious and had no problem speaking her mind. The long table was filled with vast food in
many varieties. There was abundance and
quality in the repast before us. We
paused to pray and the little girl refused to participate. Her mum asked why she would not pray and
without a thought she said, “There is no mac and cheese.”
We fail to appreciate what we have socially and materially to
the point that we slowly build contempt for it.
We harbor resentment instead of forgiving. We build bitterness or worse, complacency. Over time instead of seeing the love that
people have for us and treasuring it we harden our hearts to it. The love of a spouse, parent, child, or
friend becomes trash that we discard and abandon.
We have fine things.
We do not see past the blemishes to their value. We forget to see the love that is there. We justify our refusal to allow that love to
be enough. We refuse to be satisfied with
what we have.
Avalon had a pair of ruby earrings. She lost one in the house and was saddened by
this. The next day I stepped on it in
the hallway and it stuck in my foot.
After the Lego-like pain passed, I called out to her that I had found
her earring. Her first response, “Did
you find the back?”
It is what we all do.
We fail to see the rubies that we have, or even have been returned to us
when lost, and we seek the plastic back that is easily replaceable. We do not take in the love that is offered us. We become hard to it.
I must see the love that is in my life and let it be
enough. I must focus on showing love to
others and acknowledging the love I am given, taking it in to full
measure. People may not show me love the
way I wish it but they show it the way they can. That needs to be what I treasure. If I do not I will over the years become the
Desperado. So will you Dear Reader. Our hearts will harden and we will find ourselves
alone wishing for the love that we once had and wondering how we lost it.
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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