SKATING THRU LIFE
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Awoke with words
and music of I’ve Got A Brand New Pair Of Roller Skates playing in my head. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiM9r_H6sqw
/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvIjQSFLb3U
) Then I recalled Look What They’ve
Done To My Song. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvIjQSFLb3U
)
Then I recalled God Bless Robert E. Lee, the Ballad of
Ira Hayes, Love Me Tender ….
I laugh. I cry. I
can’t remember the last time I heard most of these songs, probably when they
were popular decades ago.
Why does my mind
work this way, at times bringing forth long forgotten memories? Is it loopy old
man’s jukebox brain or does it have to do with we never really forget the
fabric of life put together by silver thread and golden needles?
I think it is
stitching. What do you think?
One thing I
definitely do know is we can’t carelessly mentally roller skate thru life.
Mental health requires discipline. How about if instead of weight loss as # 1
resolution again this year, we make Biblical mental health our main goal? After
the odes and limericks finally fall silent, which will be of the greatest
importance?
I cease rocking
and rolling and bring myself to ponder the eternal truth recorded in
Colossians, “Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your
sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at
God’s right hand. Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.
For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God. And
when Christ, who is your [Some manuscripts read “our”.] life, is revealed to
the whole world, you will share in all his glory.” (NLT 3:1-4) EBB4
Additional verses for the diggers: Pr.29:25; Mt.6:34;
Jn.8:32; Rom.12:1-3; 2Cor.10:5; Phil.4:4-9
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