Greetings Dear Reader,
I could think of multiple
examples and metaphors to sharpen the point of this. I could escalate the intensity of those
examples to ponder things over which we invest importance that does not
matter. The matter is that we all know
we place importance on things that do not truly matter.
Instead, I am going
to suggest a few practical things to employ to measure the importance of things
relative to that which truly matters. We
have discussed how all of our challenges begin in the mind. What we think is what we become.
- Here are some questions to ponder when assigning importance to something:
- Will it matter in five years?
- Will my placing importance on this harm others in any way?
- Does my placing importance on this reflect the love of Christ?
- Is the importance I put on this a matter of pride or vanity?
- Am I making something minor a major at the expense of peace with others?
- Is this worth getting offended over?
- Is the importance I am placing on something an act of love?
The idea is that if
it does not matter with respect to our love of the Father and of each other, it
does not really matter. It may be
important to us. It may even be
something about which we are passionate.
Those things are not wrong. They
become a problem when we substitute making them matter over love, kindness, and
compassion for others.
The journey has enough
troubles for me to navigate without creating them on my own. When I major on the minors that do not
matter, I create problems for myself and others. I become offended over trivial things and
risk offending others. As we travel
together, perhaps we can learn to have lively discussions about things that we
value without making them matter more than they should.
We can journey together
more peacefully and perhaps more readily.
We can avoid replacing love with empty banter. We reflect the light of Christ more fully and
without obfuscation. These are the
things that generate joy in our journey.
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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