Greetings Dear Reader,
I was reading about the formation of community this past
month in anticipation of our weekly life-group study being on that topic. We have a central book that we will go
through and I will read that on pace with the group. I do, however, like to be up to speed on the
current thought in the area.
One of the thoughts that reached deep inside of me was an
analysis of how people think about each other.
The summation was that so many people walk around interacting with
others wondering, “how are you going to hurt me.” This struck me at a very visceral level. It is at the core of the fear that keeps us
from loving others and causes us to take offense so easily.
From our view God to our thoughts about the stranger on the
corner, we have adopted a culture of fear and anger. We have turned pain into anticipation of pain
and angst. We debilitate ourselves
because of what “might” happen. We use
our vast creativity to imagine things and base our lives on those horrid
imaginations. Imagining the worst becomes
our normal when we are supposed to anticipate the Father doing better than the
very best we can imagine.
The journey we are on does have real pain and danger. We do have fears and angst. We also build a culture around it where we
imagine the worst and sometimes aid in creating it. If we proceed instead to do everything out of
love and create a norm where we are unoffendable, we can possibly find a path
where things are more beautiful, richer, and deeper. We can have lives where the offered angst of
others washes over us. We can refuse to have
that norm be ours.
As I draw toward the close of this short series, I plan to
focus for a few days next week on the core of my platform for this year. I wish to build on the foundation of love in
every moment a year’s worth of learning to be unoffendable. This will help me to love others at every
turn. It will also keep me from carrying
anger or hurt for too long. It will
limit the avenues through which I can be angered or hurt. I look forward to the ways in which this
unfolds and hope that you can walk with me.
I always value the ways we navigate the journey together. As always, your thoughts and questions are
precious to me.
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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