Greetings Dear Reader,
This seems so far back to me that it almost seems like
another life. Then again, death is the
gateway to the next life. It was April
and spring was bright and green. The
flowers were filling the world with beauty and pollen. The year was 1974.
The pain and difficulty of my life had reached the place
where I was terrified of who I was and so angry at the world that I was losing
perspective on everything. There are
reasons. If I shared them you would
understand Dear Reader. I had decided to
end my life in a way that to me seemed peaceful and assured.
It was the Saturday before Easter and my plan was to end things
early in the morning. A man intervened
without knowing my plan. He spent time
with me Saturday evening and walked me gently to the door where I let Christ in
and began this journey. Even though he derailed
my plans; I died that night. I was forever changed.
Beginning to follow Christ does not fix everything. It does change the perspective on all our
difficulties. It does give us a way out
that will eventually heal us. It will
not take away ongoing pain and abuse. It
will not kill our predilections and addictions.
It will not take care of all our problems instantly.
What the transition does do is give us someone to follow and
a foundation on which to build. Fifty
years on I can honestly say that any successes thus far rest on the foundation
of following Christ. Every failure is
when I failed to follow. The beauty of
it is that when we fail to follow, we can get back on the path instantly. It is always an available choice.
Pain, fear, and my choices derailed me at times. The second death put me closer to the right
form of following and perhaps was the one that set me up for the third. For now, Dear Reader what matters is choosing
to journey with Christ. It can only be
done in faith. It is a decision that
demands everything from us but is always worth 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 homeowner.
He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”
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Thorn:
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