The Pearl of great price

   The world has become a quest for things... we as a nation are a people on a quest for things. There are things in life that are worthy of the quest, but I must realize what are important, and what are simply fleeting. To say that I need more things is somewhat abstract due to our ever changing circumstances. Most "things" are temporal, and are only suited to satisfy my immediate desire to fulfill some feeling of need...

   When silent, or near there, my soul can almost touch the deep inner longing in the God shaped vacuum of my heart. I can choose to meander along in this quest, or not. The eventual outcome is true serenity, but the distractions I see around me at times overwhelm my sense of steadfastness, and the shiny object gets my attention, as a friend describes it... I then miss out on an encounter that can far surpass any "thing" that may bring me short term release.

   So you ask, why doth my soul not travail much in His Presence...

   Well... If it were up to my soul to control this inward fleshly, solitary being called "me" I could... "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak..." no excuses, just reasons. My intellect cannot always win the battle in my mind to go out and pause for a while without some form of external stimulation, which often finds itself manifested as the "next need."

   I must exercise my will in order to overcome this frailty of my human existence, and enter in to the nurturing of my true Need... that only God can fulfill... I must invest in this relationship in order to receive...


Mat 13:43  Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.
Mat 13:44  The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Mat 13:45  Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls:
Mat 13:46  and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

"Lord I give you my heart... I give you my soul... Lord have your way in me..."