When you find there’s nothing special,
about that big hole in your heart.
Cause everybody’s got one;
With precious little time to talk about it
Bill Mallonee – excerpt from Nothing like a Train
about that big hole in your heart.
Cause everybody’s got one;
With precious little time to talk about it
Bill Mallonee – excerpt from Nothing like a Train
Every time I hear this song I can relate to this verse. Every time I hear this song I hate the fact that I can relate to this verse.
I’ve been reading C.S. Lewis’s, The Abolition of Man, these last couple weeks, and listening to some talks by Father Thomas Hopko dealing with the book and post-modern culture.
Lewis talks about the Tao in Man. Hopko calls this the “Image of God in Man”.
Both deal with the loss of that “something” that is core to our very being.
The ultimate end….Lewis says we become “Men without Chests”…..Hopko says, “we become nothing more than a calculator and a copulator.”
We become less than human. We deny the very image in ourselves, albeit slowly over time, through reductions, compromises, and agreements.
I've noticed as I moved beyond the honeymoon years of young adulthood that the chasm between the idealism and hope of youth get washed away in a series of calculations, investments, computations, scheduling, strategizing, positioning, retirement planning, healthcare planning, etc.
I at times accept this as "normal", which perhaps is the agreement.....this is "merely" this stage of life, and this is "merely" normal....
The "putting down roots" stage of life, as is perceived from culture, seems far from Paul's call of learning to be content in all situations and stages of life, RATHER an "acceptance" of this world's plan of salvation!
Invest wisely, plan for your future, get what you deserve - privilege, power, possessions, guarantee consumption power in your golden years.....guarantee copulation power in your golden years (thanks viagra).....guarantee health, promise freedom from pain, and live as long as you possibly can with the best medication and healthcare facilities in the world..............for what?
We reduce to being "merely" human, and in so doing deny the very essence of who we are.....
Perhaps this is the battle….to become TRULY human.
Culture calls to calculate, consume, copulate…..castrate...
I am struggling to know life in every breath….to find time to “talk about it”....to become human...Lord, Have Mercy!
My daughter stills knows life in every breath!!
"The Son of God became man, that we might become god."
- St. Athanasius
9 comments:
"Life in Every Breath" It sounds so easy and it is so hard to achieve. How do we live in the now and have faith in God and all that he has for us. He cares even for the Sparrow. Yet we toil in vain to secure our "God Given Rights".
Life in every breath, every cup of tea, every life we take.... "
The Last Samurai"
You are right it is a battle to find life this way, but definitely one worth the fight!! Thanks for introducing me to this movie, and the quote!!
Eric
Very good post. I was thinking the other day about as a child never once thinking about having a job that provided good benefits, good retirement and good pay. I wanted to live an adventure filled life. Being GI Joe or Indiana Jones.
I know that deep inside I want to not worry about "putting down roots" and be willing to be led by the Lord and be free to accept his call to go. But the practical side of me wants to stay where its all to comfortable.
I invest too much in worldly things, IRA, pension, retirement and very little in those things that will actually make a difference to someone, somewhere.
Thanks Eric.
Chad
Great post, cuz. Have you ever read Fabric of Faithfulness by Steve Garber? He talks about losing the idealism of your young adult years as you get older and find out you can't really save the world...he talks about it in a way that helps you not lose hope when you reach that point. Anyway, your post made me think of that book.
Excellent reflection my friend. Even without the good words, the picture of Sophia still would've made me tear up. Seriously it's one of the best icons I've ever seen. I'll remember it for the rest of my life. AND I'll have to remember to thank her for that when she's older and able to understand and be embarrased. :-) Thanks be to God for children and the reminders that He gives us through them. And thanks be to God for good friends! We miss you all very much. See you soon!
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