Greetings Dear Reader,
Yesterday I asked what the essential truths of following
Christ might be for us. The idea of this
answer is daunting to me. It is not
because I do not know what I think. It
is, rather, that I realize the importance of the answer. I understand the import of what I am about to
say.
The answer is simple but also very complex. I must begin with the basics. I will; also try to give my simple answers in
the order that I think they must occur.
I have spent many hours pondering this and the more I learn the more I
see that it is the simplicity of it that is essential to understanding it.
First and foremost in following is faith. If it is not done in faith it is wrong. If we follow in faith then we are promised
the power to do whatever is needed to follow.
We are promised that we will be able to do great things and endure what
we must. If we are to be just, we must
live by faith.
The second, and only second because faith is necessary to
accomplish it is love. We must love the
Father with all our mind, soul, heart, and strength. This is impossible without faith. It is love, however, that is the foundation
to all that we try to be as Christ followers.
It is the Father’s love for us that insists that we love each other as
well.
The essential truth upon which we must build everything else
is our love for the Father and each other.
When we do this everything good becomes possible. Love becomes the engine
that powers all our other thinking and efforts.
It is love that is the essential truth.
This is why I have committed this year to ponder how to
love more deeply, selflessly, and purely.
It is from this truth that all other truths proceed. It is on this essential truth about God that
all others are built. No matter what anyone says or suggests, if you do not see
the love of God in it, question it, Dear Reader.
I am going to fail at loving you sometimes. I will, however, keep trying to love you
better and more honestly. It is never
love that fails. It is humans. What other essential truths do you consider
vital Dear Reader? How do you think about
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
homeowner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”
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