Greetings Dear Reader,
If I ponder some of the best meals I have ever enjoyed, I can
recall good times with family and friends, good food, and delightful delicacies. Whether the meal is prepared by others, by
me, or at a restaurant, the memories are carried on the recalled conversation,
taste, and the experience. Watching my
Grandsons taste and enjoy foods for the first time is a prime example of a meal
that I can recall and enjoy over and over again.
Often when I have food similar to that which I shared at a special
moment; I recall that moment. I reminisce
over conversations and situations that brought me joy. We all wish for things to be that way
again. The difficulty is that when I
recall something wonderful, I cannot dine on those memories alone.
We hunger for the feelings those moments gave us but that
hunger can only be sustained by feeding it new good things. Where we fail is that we try to force those situations
instead of allowing them, as they did the first time, to arise naturally. We load the environment with expectations
instead of seeing the joy that is there on its own.
The conversations, experiences, and interactions we have all
possess the potential to feed our need for fellowship, joy, and love. It is like dining on those meals of celebration. One must be sure to be present in that
moment, dining on what is there instead of trying to satisfy our
expectations. Engaging in wishing for that
which we desire instead of feasting on what the Father has provided is doomed
to failure.
Every moment has something to sustain us for the next
one. Every day has its blessings to
fight the curse. Each interaction and
experience has something for us to gain a deeper understanding of who the Father
is and how much he loves us. Instead of
seeking that, we focus on what we want the moment to be based on our memories and
desires.
It is good to appreciate the past. It is satisfying to recall that which is good
and let it make us hungry for good things.
We must, however, find those good things in the new experiences and not
force leftover memories into them. There
is something in every event and eventuality to draw us closer to Christ if we
look for it. When I encounter you, Dear
Reader my obligation is to show love to you and see what that yields. It is not to demand that you reproduce
feelings for me that I desire.
It is in the love that we give that we find our substance. Demanding that others satisfy us based on our
leftover memories only leads to being offended when we go unsatisfied. That is the danger of trying to dine on memories. Let us share a meal of reality based on love
and kindness. We will dine in peace and
lovingly sustain each other.
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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