Meditation on Chords of Love
I usually don't have any problems sleeping at night.
The other night, however, this was not the case. I had a thought (maybe several) running through my head. Chords, precisely.
Our Pastor, was talking about how our Savior was tied to the cross by chords of love. Not by anything manmade. I think His very nature bolsters that, but sometimes to meditate on that fact brings greater appreciation for Him, His sacrifice, His love (and the meaning thereof) and for the meaning of sacrifice itself.
Take Abraham for instance. One could say Isaac was bound also by chords of love; only chords of Abraham's love for God. The love was a love that prompts obedience. The same love that prompted Jesus' obedience, truthfully. And this is where it gets personal for me.
I've been meditating a lot lately on Oswald Chamber's classic read, "My Utmost for His Highest" and especially the thought in February about the "White Funeral." He suggests you don't go to any funeral happy and that when you kill yourself off (metaphorically), it's not easy and not a happy occasion either. I'm wowed by that thought. Yeah, and you may be thinking "duh" or "no big deal," but the more I think on it, the more I realize how serious a white funeral is. Funerals are permanent. Sacrifices are permanent. We've all heard how we should take up our cross -- we should be crucified with Christ. Do we even KNOW what that means? I think we don't think about it because it's too easy to just sing about it. It means a funeral. You no longer exist -- not even the things you LIKE about yourself if its not in His will.
And that's where Abe came back. Bound with chords of love. I told a friend recently that his spiritual walk doesn't rely on discipline, it relies on love. When you love someone you can't help but want to constantly be in their presence; you need to be in their presence. You miss them. You need their take on situatijons; their influence in your life. It's really not about discipline at all. You're bound with chords of love.
It IS possible to think for approximately six hours on all this.
Well, and maybe a few other things.