Tuesday, June 11, 2024

FEAR NOT...LOVE, LAUGH, LIVE!

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies....Psalm 23:5 

The 23rd Psalm has led me...is always leading me...from reliance on my reasoning mind to opening to the nature of spiritual growth...to the realization that spiritual growth is counterintuitive or it isn't spiritual growth.

It was the quoted sentence above that opened a window in my obtuseness. Relying on reasoning mind, who would want a table in the presence of their enemies? But the Father and I are one...we prepare the table...mine enemies are invited guests...here for our benefit.  

That awakening led me to ponder the very first words of the 23rd Psalm, The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.  

The words I shall not want give away the turn we need to make to fully understand the message of the Psalm. With the Lord, we want not for we have enough, we will never not have enough. That is Truth, a true belief, not an I sure hope so belief.

It is that true belief that lets us dine at a table in the presence of our enemies, comfortably. 

The most enlightening, according to me:  Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Expand that: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of fear...fear of dementia, fear of being unwanted, unneeded, unloved, unappreciated...and the big one: Fear of Being Left All Alone. 

We can fear not, for God is ever with us, within us. Fear of dementia...God cannot forget, rely on that; fear of being unloved...God is love, rely on that; fear of being left all alone...God lives within us, rely on that.

That's not all...we are comforted by thy rod and thy staff for in the end, they bring us love and laughter, the source of all light. 

There...home free.

Thank you.

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