3rd of February, 2016

Proverbs 4

H,

Well, you make a fair and indisputable point there. We are reaching for the stars but we are still fixed to the earth by gravity. We are not many or any of the things we know we ought to be. That is part of the process, though. That realization is where wisdom starts. That we are far away from the very image or reality of God is not in question. We have the inner witness but we know we must get to the outer flourishing.

Still, I think it is unhealthy to focus on ourselves as the focal point of our own salvation. There is a certain stewing in the mire of guilt that does no good to anyone and will not lift the common soul. There is nothing to do but give it up and I say that as simple but not easy. It is simple because it is a straight choice. It is hard because we have come a long way being one way and to change direction is always a difficult task. The mere mental task of thinking of changing our way or ways is enough to stifle the first step. We do not change direction as much as we stop and fall down. Humility is the primary trait of wisdom.

So many things in modern Christianity do not work because we have mistaken shyness for humility and cowardice for meekness. We have taken servitude to man for service in God and replaced the order of things in obedience and love to each other to a political wasteland where men and women baring dubious talents and titles purport to tell their fellow strugglers how to live. These are merely prisons and not temples of God. The temple of God is now the human soul and when we gather together, in His Name and Nature, it is an assemblage of various temples of God in various states of repair. As the song says, we are constantly in repair. We are not yet quite fixed but it is fine because time is now eternal and we will get there full and not empty.

So, there is no need to crawl on the floor in endless guilt or to stand on the heads of others in manipulative flair. We belong to each other. We are part of that same body and we should be lighting the way in love as we all grow brighter and brighter toward one perfect day.