Stripes
The more we try, the more apparent it becomes that you can never go home again. I mean, you can, but you can't. (?) I write this as I sit on the recliner at my folks home, so I guess that the previous statement is untrue in a very literal sense, but the home of my youth is gone forever.
This is good and bad I guess. Either way it seems to do no good to argue the matter at length, because whatever the results of the debate, reality remains unchanged.
Reality...The quality or state of being actual or true.
Truth is that our memories are to be dealt with and learned from in shaping who we are and are becoming, or they are to be suppressed, lurking somewhere near the surface, preventing us from genuinely dealing with the future and truly identifying with our authentic selves. Memory serves as a double edged sword to cut through the fog of the future or to continually injure ourselves in the fumbling of the tarps we use to cover the past.
We watched the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind last nite and have been thinking a lot about the part our memories play in our future. If we can't/won't/don't learn from our prior experiences then where does that leave us? I've heard that Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Life seems to be a lot like this. Full of insane people, who for some reason or another don't get it or don't want to. Our churches are comprised of these people, so where does that leave us? Pretty pathetic as a whole, I must say.
Imagine a room with soft lights, books, hot coffee and oversized chairs where brothers and sisters air it all out. Where folks unashamedly pouring out their pasts in hopes for a better future, for them and for others.
Follow the progression:
By His stripes we are healed...
We are called to be "little Christs"...
By exposing instead of disposing of our stripes, others are healed...including ourselves...
Let the healing begin...
This is good and bad I guess. Either way it seems to do no good to argue the matter at length, because whatever the results of the debate, reality remains unchanged.
Reality...The quality or state of being actual or true.
Truth is that our memories are to be dealt with and learned from in shaping who we are and are becoming, or they are to be suppressed, lurking somewhere near the surface, preventing us from genuinely dealing with the future and truly identifying with our authentic selves. Memory serves as a double edged sword to cut through the fog of the future or to continually injure ourselves in the fumbling of the tarps we use to cover the past.
We watched the Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind last nite and have been thinking a lot about the part our memories play in our future. If we can't/won't/don't learn from our prior experiences then where does that leave us? I've heard that Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Life seems to be a lot like this. Full of insane people, who for some reason or another don't get it or don't want to. Our churches are comprised of these people, so where does that leave us? Pretty pathetic as a whole, I must say.
Imagine a room with soft lights, books, hot coffee and oversized chairs where brothers and sisters air it all out. Where folks unashamedly pouring out their pasts in hopes for a better future, for them and for others.
Follow the progression:
By His stripes we are healed...
We are called to be "little Christs"...
By exposing instead of disposing of our stripes, others are healed...including ourselves...
Let the healing begin...
posted by lee at 8:27 PM
1 Comments:
Lee-
You can always go home, you just cannot go back. But why would you want to? Hopefully your foundation in Christ was established in our home but your growth and maturity had to continue elsewhere just as it has. Who would have ever thought, when you were at home struggling with English 1 at NSU, that your thoughts would flow in this format to encourage and promote thought in others in their Christian walk? Remember too many church members are at ease in Zion - continue to "stir the pot" and "stir the embers of Christian fire and zeal" that appear to be out. JB
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