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11.23.03 - 5:00 pm We have become spiritually anorexic. As children we ate and ate without knowledge of the "beautiful" or regard to what was "right." We knew what made us hurt and what made us feel better; we ran from the first and clutched to the second. As we grew up, though, and people interjected their misshapen ideals and confused philosophies, we began wondering what evil each morsel we placed to our lips contained. In our fears of becoming plump and thus rejected by others, we starved ourselves of Truth. Sometimes I overlook my Bible, and my mind gets caught up in the affairs of the day. Since I don't think neglecting my devotion time is sin, that's not a horrible thing in and of itself; it does, though, act as a stepping stone for future mishap. If I forget God for a couple of days, I get hungry, and I "eat." All is well as long as I keep something in me at all times. However, like a natural anorexic, when I don't spiritually feast for a couple of days, my mind and body revert back to their diseased days and reject every morsel of Truth I would normally be excited to swallow. I think that's why so many people have a very hard time accepting God. We've rejected Him for so long, that even what is Good has become unnatural and painful. But even without acknowledging them, we all know there are certain inalienable truths. The difference: "the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them."
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