#scattering

– Uh, Pharlids?.. weeell.. mixed feelings.

– First, it is incredibly weird seeing your own .. ancestors? Or would it be more correct to say original form of weavers?

The Greatest Crime in History Was the Greatest Gift in History  — and We Owe the Jews Our Lives How Israel’s Rejection Became the Salvation of the World  and Why Every Christian Must Fall on His Face in Gratitude This is going to shock the world, but the Bible says it in plain letters: The crucifixion could only happen because Israel, officially and representatively, said “No” to her Messiah. If…

You and I are unstable.

I’m not calling us out. I’m just pointing out the obvious. That we’re always in flux, always moving. We’re not statues, nothing about us is fixed.

Which means? We can keep working, and watch things improve. Or we can step away, and watch them fall apart. It’s one or the other.

What we can’t do is stop, and think things will stay as they are.

If I stop repairing my house, eventually the roof will leak. Then other problems will start. With enough time and neglect, the house will fall in on itself.

If I take a break from my diet, it won’t be long before I start gaining back all of the weight I worked so hard to lose. With enough time, you’ll never know I dieted.

Either things are getting better or they’re falling apart. It’s one or the other.

There is no neutral option. And it’s true for every part of our lives.

It’s why Jesus says, “whoever does not gather with me scatters.”

If you aren’t gathering yourself to God, you’re scattering. Even if you don’t mean to.

If you don’t take the time to draw close to God, you’ll find yourself moving away from God.

There is no neutral option in life.

And nothing carries forward from yesterday.

No matter how bad yesterday was. No matter how good yesterday was. None of it carries forward into today.

St. Francis de Sales knew this well. It’s why he said, “there is no better means to attainment of the spiritual life than by continually beginning again and never thinking that we have done enough.”

Which is why the business of each day must be to choose God. And to draw close to Him.

Anything else, and you’re just scattering.

春の野に霧立ちわたり降る雪と人の見るまで梅の花散る

In the springtime meadows Filled with spreading mist, As falling snow To folk’s eyes appears The scattering plum blossom.

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筑前目田氏真上 c.900 AD

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