An excellent meditation on the carefree life, written by Aunt Melanie, appears
here at her blog,
Repentance and Ascent. It is from the point of view of one who, like me, is now entering the later years of earthly life, but that makes it even more worthy of a hearing by those who are just setting out in youth on the beautiful path of Jesus Christ. We have not lived our lives in Christ in vain, nor have we lost anything by the mistakes we have made, for they instructed us in the ways of Christ better than any successes ever could. This is the advantage of years, as I have said,
‘age is a tower,’ and as
a younger brother has observed,
‘the best truths take a lifetime to set in.’ Aunt Melanie closes her essay with these words which sum up her thought so well…
I wonder why there is not more renunciation of the bondage and materialism of our society. Why do people passively accept every new product? Why do people accumulate credit card debts over things which they do not need? Why is there not even an instinctive rejection of the intrusive marketing of more and more products? Why is there not a hunger for freedom, and why is Christ not recognized as the one who provides release from the lies of this world? We live in an era that seems to call out for a revival of spirituality, and yet many people continue to covet that which is outdated almost from the moment it is purchased.
Yes, why?
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