Last night I couldn't sleep, so I took a shower with the lights off, which usually helps me sleep. This interesting series of events lead me to discover that light shines out of the drain in the floor. More importantly, I felt inspired to write these words:
I would rather die young, having lived a rich and full life, than to reach the age of expectancy having never have lived.
To expand:
I believe that Jesus has set us free to live our lives, not to spend them petrified to move, knowing that to move is to break the law (make mistakes). This conclusion presumes that one understand the severity of their brokenness, or rather, that one walks with the understand that one cannot possibly comprehend the full extent of their brokenness. Once true humility is reached, that is, once one comes face-to-face with the inevitable comprehension that they are indeed not perfect and that they indeed have not the power or ability to change themselves (regardless of the number of good deeds one uses to make up for said imperfection), one is now free to turn from a life of inward focus to a life as God intended. For did not God create Adam in shame (naked) but leave him free to live so focused on life that he did not realize his nakedness until, through the eating of the fruit, his eyes were turned towards himself? And has not the story of man always been a struggle on the part of He who loves us to refocus our eyes outwards? Therefore, it is an act of worship to spend time in deep, heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for every blessing of God.
1 comment:
A great thought and great words... I would like to add the following thought/suggestion: perhaps, in eating of the Tree of Knowledge and having our eyes opened, we now have the greater responsibility of continuing to look and focus outward but *also* looking inward in self-examination. These need not be mutually exclusive... but may be tricky to balance!
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