Greetings Dear Reader,
Before I delve into the actual deaths, it should be noted
that there is no way around death. We
may think we delay it or that we can cheat it.
In truth, our days are appointed and we cannot add one moment to the sand
that runs through our individual hourglasses.
The sand flows on incessantly with every moment being one in which we
live or die.
As each grain passes through the pinch, we make a
choice. It is binary and simple. In each grain of time, of life, we choose if
we are going to die to ourselves in honor of the life we owe Christ, or if we
are going to try and live out the things we want. The latter is always a choice for the death of
that moment with no value in it.
We are all under the sword.
This is not bad. It is, however,
a truth we avoid whilst chasing things that we think are life. We run from the love that calls us home
because part of the journey is death.
The simple solution is to get used to dying. If we die to self in each moment, that final
moment that translates us out of time will not be as difficult. The journey will also have much less
difficulty internally if we become efficient at little deaths in every
moment. Like any good habit, we build it
by practicing it daily, as each grain falls through the pinch.
This begs the question of how one does that. It is wrong to demand death without providing
a way to accomplish it well. Fortunately,
the process for spiritual and mind euthanasia is very positive. As we step into each moment, as we pass each
grain through the pinch, we need to do a few simple things. We need to look for Jesus in that moment
because he is there waiting to meet with us.
Then we need to listen to what he is saying that expresses his love for
us. The final thing is to act in harmony
with that love. There is no better way Dear Reader to die to self.
If we practice this as our prime mover in each moment we
walk with Christ; we follow well. We owe
a death and It is much easier to pay it out in small installments where our
creditor promises to exchange moments of love and grace for our grains of dead
sand. That is a bargain we cannot afford
to pass. As we dive into the battle of
turning death into a fighting chance to live, we can hedge our bets by breaking
down the process. We can work on it together
Dear Reader.
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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