BOIL AND BUBBLE The complexity of some days can prove to be an adventure.
We are called upon to face up to problems which are foreign to our ways of thinking and knowing and we are, then, forced to seek guidance and help we feel we must have and we turn to those men and women trained, experienced and more aware of the those subtitles, often unique, areas of learning concerned. We acknowledge and accept Truths in existence beyond our awareness of their being available.
I can understand, and even agree, to some extent, with those people who insist that those persons who have always had everything their own way; seemingly free from any real setbacks, living in a near-perfect settings determined, usually, by mis-applied love from doting parental or even grand-parental caregivers – can also be among the world most miserable individuals.
There can be no one more certain way by which you can be certain to give your child a miserable adulthood than to be overzealous in protecting hem from all mishap or ill fortune. The ultimate tragedy is even larger than it might appear to be. You see a genetic portion of yourself in your child and may feel sorry to see it mis-spent or even wasted by unseemly conduct. Their example causes others - spouse, children, friends, - even strangers who follow their example in living outside the natural standards of excellence demanded of us by our creator.
Fortunate, indeed, are you if you can sincerely and quite naturally append the terms “sustainer” and “redeemer” to that word “creator”.
It is the resurgence of our faith in the Lord that we will, in time, bring an end to our miseries - both great and small. Since the very first line of this page I have intended to say that when it came out. It may strike some as an easy way out. It is. There is nothing difficult in acknowledging God's overlord ship of all.
Our Congress can continue to gather in caucus, conclave or clique to haggle endlessly over terms and words and other courts in the nations - both old and new – can do the same. All are, however, subject to the Word which has,long ago, been set.
Penitent prayer would seem to be the most likely stance of the moment. But, gently. Our nation, though showing signs of doing so, is not yet ready for a genuine, long lasting religious revival. Ask yourself, why not?
A.L.M. May 26, 2005 [c422wds]
