Hooked
Something that has been on my mind lately has to deal with attachment. I think that if you really want to find out what you are attached to all you have to do is go camping for a couple of days. It can become painfully obvious that you are attached to the things that you immediately miss.
Being attached to something isn't necessarily bad, but it can be if the response to doing without it can result in harm. Some people take a presciption they are required to be attached to. It is necessary for them to live. Sorry, but I don't think being attached to chocolate, television, or ipods fit into this category.
But what happens when what we are attached to is automatically taken away from us? For some of us it could mean death, but for everyone else it would mean a period of withdrawals. A turbulent time of fighting temptations and emotional chaos. There may even be a certain amount of physical pain from the sudden separation.
I must apply this basic idea to my relationship with God. Is there anything I am so attached to that it would cause me to be angry at God if I were to lose it? Is there anything in my life more important for me to keep than my relationship with Jesus?
I am hooked on too many things that are important to me, but mean nothing to God.
Being attached to something isn't necessarily bad, but it can be if the response to doing without it can result in harm. Some people take a presciption they are required to be attached to. It is necessary for them to live. Sorry, but I don't think being attached to chocolate, television, or ipods fit into this category.
But what happens when what we are attached to is automatically taken away from us? For some of us it could mean death, but for everyone else it would mean a period of withdrawals. A turbulent time of fighting temptations and emotional chaos. There may even be a certain amount of physical pain from the sudden separation.
I must apply this basic idea to my relationship with God. Is there anything I am so attached to that it would cause me to be angry at God if I were to lose it? Is there anything in my life more important for me to keep than my relationship with Jesus?
I am hooked on too many things that are important to me, but mean nothing to God.
posted by Ben at 10:08 PM
4 Comments:
This is a really good post that seems to speak to part of what Ben is saying here.
http://www.brokenmessenger.com/2005/08/command-sell-your-possessions.html
There you are. Welcome back Monk. And thanks for the link.
spot on.
and the withdrawal - while impossibly hard - helps us find our way back to God.
tx for this
picked up this theme in my journal last night. You really gave me food for thought
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