Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Life of More
Langston Hughes once wrote," Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams for when dreams go life is a barren field frozen with snow." In each one of us there is a dream, a dream for more. This is not greed, but a yearning of desire that is set in us at birth. It is an unquenchable disassociation with the exceptance that this is as good as life gets. From somewhere deep inside there is a voice that is crying out, "There is more. Life isnt supposed to be this way."
What happened? When we graduate college, we believe that we can change the world, that we can reset order and right-living to the earth. But as we grow older and life lets us down, he/ she breaks our heart, best friends move away, we dont get the promotion we thought we deserved, or we go unnoticed by everyone around us and the voice crying out for more is slowly silenced into nothing more than a whisper that cannot be heard above the noise and rattle of the life that is not enough or constantly disappointing us. But every once in a while, when we are lying in bed at night or find ourselves day dreaming the "voice of more" has its way and controls our minds for just long enough to peak our interest in the life of more.
Hold fast to these moments. Hold fast to the fleeting dreams of being able to restore order and right-living to the earth.Those dreams and desires were not put there to give you hope in something that could never be achieved. A man without desire and without passion for the life of more is a man that has no hope. He is a shell of a man. Jesus calls to live life to the full. Letting the disappointments and letdowns of life control whether or not you pursue your dream is not living life to the full; it is limping through life. Disappointment is an attack of the evil one to steal your hope, joy, and destroy your dreams and hope for a life of more. Dont go down like that.
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