“Oh man, I can’t wait to get that thing!
I barely slept last night just thinking about how
great it is going to be!
It will make me so happy, so complete.
This is really it , I’ve
wanted this for so long.”
Then we get it and within moments we begin to test the truth of those expectations.
Then we note the first flaw, then another.
If we encounter a major flaw too quickly the
shock of disappointment strikes like a rock, pow. What! Oh Crap!
The aerodynamics of our expectations begin to wither.
The spiral downward ensues, and
as we pass the threshold of negativity our opinion of that object of our desire is
shattered.
The thud of a wasted mass of anticipation is heard hitting ground, softened by
cold rain.
The parade is over. And we begin the cycle again.
Maybe we learn from the rollercoaster ride, maybe we don’t.
Maybe we grow skeptical that anything is achievable, that any object will be true to it’s
expectation. Maybe we become so sour to anything new that we adopt a bit more vicious
version of Eore’s litany “It will never work, why bother.”
No one wants to be the
delusional twerp who believes in a hopeless cause and then fakes bits of outcome to
bolster his lame mental construct.
Our Maker desires neither unreal fantasy nor skepticism from us.
He wants us to come
without any of this.
Our physical world gives us so many conflicting lessons that we
cannot reconcile with an all-powerful spiritual being.
So we must approach empty.
This
is not an amusement ride.
Forget the trestles and the launching devices. There are no
seat- belts either, just Him and you and all that He is which is not comprehendible to our
mortal selves.
The Highest of our expectations are specks of dust to him. And the
greatest disappointments rectified by his mere glance in eternity.
What’s in Your worship?
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