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Occupation: Curmudgeon
Gender: Male
Age: 66
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Silver Princess
Dana Fligg "George Locke Model" Vega Long Neck
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Epiphone solid body electric
Washburn D10SCE
and an odd guitar with no name that lurks quietly under the stairs.
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 @4:29:30 PM
You might have heard the lecturer, author and film director Frank Schaeffer being interviewed the other day on public radio.
He has written a book on his life as a founding member of the Evangelical right during the 70's and 80's. It is called, "Crazy For God.", and this biography traces his enthusiasm growing up within a hyper-evangelical household (his father was the noted evangelist Francis Schaeffer); his disappointment with, and general dissolution from this socio-political phenomena.
Another of his books, which takes up where the first left off, is called "Patience With God - A Book For People Who Don't Like Religion (Or Atheism)".
In it, he talks about his discussion one day several years ago, with a very holy man. He met him in Jerusalem during his travels through the middle east and spent several days with this aesthetic.
Now, I haven't read all of Mr. Schaeffers books, and I'm not sure if I even agree with every thing he says. But this one passage set me to thinking about who we are as people and what we could do to improve our daily walk through life.
Mr. Scheaffer, at one point in his conversation with this man, who lived for years in a hermitage, was celibate and spent much of his life in deep meditation and prayer, asked, "How can I become holy?"
That's a rather presumptive and self centered question and he thought perhaps this man would tell him to wander off into a cave somewhere and spend his life in seclusion.
But he didn't.
He answered him with one simple sentence, which Schaeffer at first dismissed as being too simple or trite.Until he thought about it.
"My friend, to be holy, you must treat your wife with respect."
Period.
At breakfast this morning with a group of friends we discussed this one sentence and realized that the truth of this simple statement was not to be dismissed as a foolish answer.
Jesus Himself mentioned several times the "Golden Rule". ' Do unto others'...for example. Or, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' If you indeed treat with respect that person in your life who is most important to you; who you love the most; then you will inevitably become a person of honesty and develop a character that brims with decency.
For after all. Isn't this what we are attempting to do as we pursue life's daily tasks and labors? To become better then what we were the day before?
Oh, sometimes we fall flat on our faces. But we pull ourselves up and try again. And if we treat that person we love most with honor and respect, the way becomes less cluttered.
I have always noticed that those couples who's lives seem the fullest and most generous of spirit are those who respect each other in a daily, consistent manner.
No put downs. No jokes at the others expense. If there is disagreement, which there inevitably is in any relationship, it is approached within the bounds of listening to what the other partner is really saying and responding with positive words.
Not anger. Not belittlement. Not ridicule or short-sightedness, but real respect.
These are the couples who last. These are also the individuals who stand up when the winds of grief or adversity blow.
It was a good talk, this morning. It brought our little group to the edge of truth and allowed us to gaze at it for a while.
When breakfast was over and we wandered off to our morning tasks, we carried a little of each of us along into the light.
© 2009 George Locke
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