On Truth – Debts We Owe

Greetings Dear Reader,

It is so easy to forget that our lives are not our own.  We owe God a death.  We will end.  I have been keenly reminded of that lately.  Life is a gift from God.  The things we are good at are a gift from God.  The entire universe is a gift from God.

When we proceed from this truth we must admit that we owe a debt.  When I write well I owe a debt of gratitude to God.  When I dine out well with my children it is because of God’s provision.  When I enjoy good music it is because God has ordered the mathematics of the universe in such a way music is possible. 

We get so mired in what we think we are that we do not really remember from whence we come.  I realize that some of you Dear Reader don’t believe any of this.  That is one of the minor reasons why this is a hard truth.  It is a harder truth for those of us who believe.

If I believe then I not only owe the debt to God but I am aware of it.  I am accountable for that debt.  I am moment by moment incurring more debt for the rich life I have.  In each act that I follow Christ I pay a portion of that debt.  In each moment that I follow he gives grace and mercy on that debt.

There is no other source.  I realize that you may not agree with me.  The hard truth is that we do not determine the truth.  My belief or another’s unbelief will not change what is true.  Someday the bill will come due.  Someday the God of the Universe will ask me what I have done with what he has given me.  He will open that clearing at the end of the path and evaluate my journey.

The other side of this truth is that I know all will be well as long as I have followed his Son.  His demand is that I pay in love and faith.  He currency is grace and mercy.  The exchange rate is how I forgive versus the forgiveness I seek.  I cannot pay all I owe.  Proceeding from that truth makes God’s offer of redemption so very real.

The Dance – Kemper Crabb

All creation moves in a cosmic dance

Before the Lord her King

The rhythms, the reason, the rhyme of the dance

Poses within everything

And the universe wheels and whirls like a dervish

In perfect seven step time

The Lord made the dance, he taught us the steps

He causes the stars to shine

We must dance, dance, dance,
Dance in God’s honor

We must yield our steps unto the King

We must dance, dance, dance

Dance in God’s honor

Let his praises ring throughout the earth

Adam and Eve danced in Eden’s environs

Early in earth’s morning air

They named all the animals musical names

Glorious potentiality shared

But Lucifer sang out a serpentine song

And offered death’s dance as his token

In pause to listen Adam missed his step

Earth’s harmony in the dance broken

We must dance, dance, dance,
Dance in God’s honor

We must yield our steps unto the King

We must dance, dance, dance,

Dance in God’s honor

Let his praises ring throughout the earth

Jesus danced into the world

Singing his heavenly song

And he taught his dance to those who would listen

And learn and he moved along

But steps of his dance they led to a cross

Where he died while the haters mocked on

But he dance through death’s arms and over hell’s gates

And in three danced forth from his tomb

We must dance, dance, dance,
Dance in God’s honor

We must yield our steps unto our King

We must dance, dance, dance

Dance in God’s honor

Let his praises ring throughout the earth

We must dance, dance, dance,
Dance in God’s honor

We must dance, dance, dance,
Dance in God’s honor

We must dance, dance, dance,
Dance in God’s honor

We must dance, dance, dance,
Dance in God’s honor

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 home owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure store.”

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