Greetings Dear Reader,
One of the things we face as we attend the gatherings and celebrations
of the year’s end is that of the encounters we would rather avoid. There are those people who we prefer to
avoid. There are those who cause us pain
that makes us less than we can be. There
is an answer but it is not as much fun as it is necessary.
The simple truth is that no matter the social situation, we can
hallow the world a little with a single response. If we choose to respond in love to every encounter,
we are better ready to withstand the difficulties of unpleasant encounters. We are forearmed against the things that seek
to remove our gratitude and kindness.
We all have those people who have caused us pain but we must
encounter them at the aforementioned gatherings. A good place to start is to recall that we
are all that person to someone. We all
have hurt people who deserved better from us.
So, if we begin with the humility inherent in that truth, we have someplace
to begin to extend love to others.
The second part is that if we hallow our hearts to love
others, we are more resilient to the things that others do that harm us. Love destroys fear. It leaves no room for resentment or
anger. It gives us a cloak of protection
that we all too often fail to wear. I
must hallow my heart to show love in each encounter as the business and
busyness of the time visits itself upon me.
I must prepare my mind to respond in love for everyone. I am going to better weather the challenges
of difficult people if I approach the season with love and compassion. It is love that can reach through the harder
things and help me be who I am supposed to be.
You and I Dear Reader have the capacity to love if we choose to hallow
our hearts to it. Shall we try?
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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