I've been trying to get down
to the heart of the matter,
cause the flesh will get weak
and the ashes will scatter so I'm thinking about
forgiveness, forgiveness
even if, even if you don't love me anymore....’
(The Heart of the Matter’-from the 1989 album “The End of the Innocence’ by Don Henley)
Forgiveness…is the heart of the matter.
It’s giving away love… no strings attached.
Riding the Electra Glide on Albany county route one,
( another of Gods incredible buffets for the senses. )
I had a very clear thought..
You know..one of those thoughts that actually has a voice…
And it pushed through all the noisy self serving clutter..
It is… the heart of the matter…
‘To forgive,is knowing ‘Better’…
I have often asked a question of others,
that alone before God they ask themselves ..
‘Why do I go to ‘church’’?
I believe I attend a ‘church’ Today…
for encouragement.
I have been blessed to gather with others
who know..
not to stop at my..or the messengers ‘best’…
but to know
‘Better’
7“Behold, I am coming soon! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy in this book.”
8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. 9 But he said to me,
“Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all who keep the words of this book.
More confusing than a Harley Davidson sticker on a KIA..
It can take effort to get beyond the ‘best’ at a gathering…
Especially if your ‘first blush’…
Is to hear or see an ‘angel’ bearing good news..
and you stop short on the Spiritual Way..
to the kingdom within you.
The Parables of the Hidden Treasure and the Pearl
44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field.
I have talked with many people that no longer attend a particular gathering..
Ride with a particular group..
Because
they were disappointed in ‘who’ they met there.
This could be the same dialog about failed marriages,
from divorced couples…about their ‘former’ spouse.
They were..
disappointed in who they met there.
Stopping short of the heart of the matter…
Oneness in God…
To know Better.
I have heard people say ‘this church is dead’,
or ‘there is no spirit in this building’
It… is a Faith matter.
because they didn’t know Better…
4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith
lack of faith…
disappointment
and because of ‘your best’
you just don’t know Better.
34 Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.
I pulled over …just to look around
to process everything I was riding through.
seeing a rural cemetery full of stone markers… I thought..
‘ this is how 'the messenger' feels some times’.
Knowing Better
Hey man..
As you encounter ‘life’ along the Way..
Just between you and God…
do you?
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