Build it Better ~ It Starts with Belief

Greetings Dear Reader,

When I consider the great inventions that have changed our lives, the common thread to discovery or success is belief.  Someone believed that we could move across the land on a “magic carpet made of steel.”  Two brothers who made bicycles believed we could fly.  A whole gaggle of scientists other folks believed they could send people into space and even to the moon.

Anything that we need to rebuild, that we wish to build better, we must begin by believing that it can be better.  We must see past the current state to the desired one and believe that we can get there.  We must see past the obstacles to the beauty that is possible, to the reality that we can create.

If we choose to believe that we can be better we are part way there.  Belief, faith grants great power.  I do not always understand why it does.  I do know that when I focus on my faith first, I can do better.  Faith is counterintuitive because even when it is reasonable there is a leap involved.  We exercise it.  We step out in it.  We must eventually take a leap. 

If we are going to build anything better, we must believe that we can.  We must adopt the pose that we can be kinder, more loving, less judgmental, more forgiving, and faithful to our journey.  I believe that we can build a better society where the needs of others are our passion.  We can recreate our world to put people ahead of greed.  We can take better care of each other. 

Dear Reader, it must begin with believing that we can.  It must be the power of that belief that drives us to build it better.  We must embrace the requirements of our faith and use them to build on what we have.  As we ponder emergence back to a social world, what we believe is what we will do to recreate that society.

If I truly follow Christ then I must believe that we can live like he is currently present with us.  I must love and live every moment as the gift that it is.  I must see that emergence back into a social world is the chance to live my faith more deeply, consistently, and intentionally.  The road is still a long one but we can help each other walk, socialize, and build better if we choose it; if we believe it.  Every great thing begins with the belief that we can do it.

Was There Nothing? – Ásgeir

Was there nothing but the hush of night?
Had a boat; don't remember where.
Did you flee from what was said and seen?
Truth's not true under the light of lies.
Raise your sword and shield

Was there more than just the prose of night?
Had a grave; don't remember where.
Beaten down awhile I lift up my prayer.
Broken promises have set the snare; both sincere and not.

Was there nothing but the blessed night?
Had some gold but don't remember where.
When does faith lift up its head so high?
Oh, my Lord, won't you please tell me why faith bestows power?

Was there nothing but the hush of night?
Had a treasure but I don't know where.
Did you flee from what was said and seen?
Yes, the good was not without the bad.
Raise your sword and shield.
Yes, the good was not without the bad.
Raise up your sword and shield.

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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Every human story is part of the great story that leads to the Father getting everything back to Good.

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