Greetings Dear Reader,
We can all do this and we think that we are subtle about
it. Someone we do not wish to speak with
engages us we wish to withdraw from the conversation. We feign interest and search for a way to escape. Searchin the room for another conversation is
one method. Looking away or at the time
in another. We might even make up a lie about
being busy to get away.
It is not lost on the person that our attention is not on
their interaction. Sometimes the person
is gracious and lets us withdraw. Then
there is the time when the engagement is important to him or her and it persists. We find a way to escape. We may not say a word to anyone. We might also make a negative comment to
someone that we had to get away from a conversation with “that person.”
When we think this way, we are ignoring some very basic
principles of following Christ. Every
person in our path must receive my love and kindness during my interaction with
him or her. I must also consider that if
Christ is directing my steps that this person is in my path for a purpose. If I am focused on my own desires and considerations,
I may not see that purpose.
I must also consider that I cannot afford to dismiss anyone. Every human has value and I can find a way to
show love if I choose to do so. When I
find that I want to not engage, I should look for the way to show the love of
Christ in the moment. I must seek to put
him in the midst of the interaction so that I am following in faith versus
harming someone who seeks me out. If I
treat someone as unwanted in a simple conversation, how can I hope to create a
lifetime of following Christ in love, 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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Thorn:
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