the only remedy

Those who know love, must love.

"The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may turn away from the snares of death." Proverbs 13:14

Yesterday a semi-retired man I work with at the spa was complaining of the wealth our guests have, and I quote: "Guess that's what happens when you're rich. The world runs on your time, not on its own. Oh well, next lifetime maybe, missed it this time around."

I was heartbroken. Here is this man in his sixties and from "the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks." Dissatisfaction, brokenness, selfishness poured from this mans heart. What can be done? Love. Love speaks truth, love is truth. Love is God, love is Christ.


We're all dissatisfied on some level. We all need direction, every last one of us. Where do we get it from? Where does wisdom come from, not just intelligence, but that which is beyond the normal bounds of human intuition? From God of course, revealed through His son Jesus. The Word, the Word made flesh, and dwelt among us, that is our source of wisdom. Then there's the Bible, the Word, a book, just like the rest, but what it contains entirely unlike the rest. Why did God choose to reveal Himself in this way, literature? I think asking that question is like asking why are babies made the way they are (personally cuz I think asexuality would be quite boring). "His ways are not our ways..." And since His ways are not our ways, we are foreign to them, we find ourselves in this position...

"So Philip ran to him (the Ethiopian eunuch) and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, "Do you understand what you are reading?" And he said, "How can I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him." Acts 8:30,31

We need guidance, from each other, from wise men, from the Word. Why? God made it that way. Who are we (besides ignorant, insubordinate, individualistic people) to question the Lord of heaven, He who created the starry host.

"O Lord of hosts, blessed is the one who trusts in you!" Psalm 84:12