SUNDAY - SUNDAY - SUNDAY
Sunday, August 15, 2004
It appears that our devoted Rev. was preoccupied today by the boys and girl over at R&D. Thus, as he has hinted in the past, I will be doing my best to fill in for this Sunday's Sermon.
If you read my post yesterday you will know that I spent some time in my home town this last weekend helping out my family with a garage sale. I even went to a Tractor pull. Not that I wanted to do either, but sometimes it is important to do that which you do not wish in order that you may gain in the end. This shall be my lesson.
Many of the flock know that I did not want to be a part of this garage sale. I did not want to sell my great grandparent's possessions. But I did it anyway. In doing so I had a great opportunity to connect with my childhood. More importantly, I again connected with a pair of people that passed on from this world 5 years ago, both 90+ years old. I listened to my Grandpa, their son, tell of life on the homestead (possibly one of the last granted in the state). I got to remember being taught how to crochet, how to read, and how to learn. I even found the book that was singly responsible for my brother and I's love of reading. Had it not been for these people I now only see when I close my eyes, I would not be the person I am today.
They would not have been the people they were without their parents and grandparents either. None of us would be. The Druids were reported, by the conquering Romans, to have held their elders and ancestors in very high regard. They had an understanding many of us today do not. We take for granted that our parents will be there to help us up when we need it, without wondering how they gained that ability themselves. And without thinking about what we will do if they can't.
Please, take a moment and ask yourself (if only for a moment) how the most important people in your life learned to be the people they are. Do you know where that annoying thing they say too often really comes from? Your friends old friends are your ancestors.
I have one final lesson from this weekend's garage sale. I learned this one while surveying the plethora of possessions my great grandparents left behind. "You will leave all of your worldly wealth behind when you die. Don't worry too much about money, and instead worry about living a good life. BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE!"
If you don't understand everything I have spewen forth today, do as my HS band director would often say and "Think about it on your way home."
posted by ZEUS @ 10:48 PM,
