Greetings Dear Reader,
In a society where we are supposed to be in the know, virtue
signal, and face judgment for being politically incorrect, it is hard to be
genuine. The pastor at the church I
currently attend observed that I am who I am and people can take it or leave
it. Given my struggles with being this
way, I heard it as a compliment. Shedding
our pretenses is a hard path.
We build our external face so that others see us the way
that we think will make us acceptable.
When we begin to deal genuinely with who we are in our hearts, we will
not necessarily please those around us.
When we stand for only what will bring us closer to Christ, we will make
others uncomfortable. It is difficult
for others to believe that we are going to be different. Even when they do, they are unsure how to
respond to it.
Being genuine is a hard path not only because of the risk
but also due to the vigilance required. We must capture every thought and filter it
through love and grace. We must not
allow offense and anger to have lease.
It is standing constant sentry over our thoughts that allow us to be
our genuine selves. We must be honest
internally if we are to live genuinely with others.
This also means that we let go of expectations hold for
others and obligations others owe to us.
It means that we walk through each day allowing things to unfold as they
will and responding with genuine love. We
root out the things that are dark and unloving.
We think well of every situation from the perspective of loving the
Father with all that we are. In this we
find the freedom to be who we are created to be by loving as he loves.
The hard path is to be real.
I must, however, walk it so that I can love the way that is good and right. I must allow the difficulty to push me
forward, onward. It is hard but will
yield what is right and good eventually.
It is through faith and grace that I find the power to walk the hard
road of being genuine, Dear Reader. We
will not always find it pleasant to be so but we will become better at it if we
keep walking the hard path. That is the
point of the journey, to walk the hard road in love so that when the transition
comes, we are more ready to make it.
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.”
(͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Every human story is part of the great story that leads
to the Father getting everything back to Good.
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Thorn:
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