An Autobiographical Short

He sees it. Hanging in thin air just out of his reach. The Light. The hope of becoming new. He just can't reach it.

In his left hand he holds an anchor, and with his right he reaches for the light.

He won't let go, but he wants to more than anything.  He can't let go - not on his own.  He asks for help from those around him, and they do what they can.  But he's been holding on for over half his life.  It was with him when he ate, when he slept, when he went to shool, when he dated, when he worked, when he played, it was there.

But In his left hand he holds the anchor, and with this right he reaches for the light.

He can't have both.  He knows he can't.  He won't let go because it's all he knows.  He won't let go because he hasn't tasted the hope and purity of the light in so long, he has forgotten what it even means - what it's all about.  He knows the light...he knew the light.  He doesn't even know himself anymore.  All he knows is the anchor.

And in his left hand he holds that anchor, and with his right he reaches for the light.

It's time to let go.  Let go of your past, so that you may embrace your future.  Let go of your baggage so that you may jump and be free.  Let go of your burden so that you may help others with theirs.  Let go of your desire so that you can focus on His.  Let go of the anchor.  Let it go.

So with his left hand, he drops the anchor, and with his right he reaches the light.

Oh, that my story may have such an ending.

Oh, that I may drop my anchor and salvage what's left

of the destruction that it has wreaked while in my hand.

-R.

Me Make Company.

Yes, I've gone into business with myself. And I made a website to promote my business.

Empty Canvas Studios, Inc.

It's not much, but it's not bad for about an hour of development. Check it out, but don't place any orders. I need to buy paint stuff first.

Peaces.

Funny Kids

David After the Dentist – A seven-year-old experiencing the residual effects of a recent morphine trip.

Chubby Cuppy Cake Boy – Jimmy Kimmel wants to squeeze this kid’s cheeks.  That’s kinda creepy to me but you should still show the video to your girlfriend.

 

That’s all for now

-R.

When the Unqualified are Qualified

Walking by a pet shop on his way to school, a young boy stopped and stared through the window.  Inside were four black puppies playing together.  After school he ran home and pleaded with his mother to let him have one of the puppies.  "I'll take care of it, Mom, I will.  If you can just give me an advance on my allowance, I'll have enough money to buy one with my own money.  Please, Mom, please."

The mother, knowing full well the complications having a new puppy would bring to a busy household, could not resist her son.  "Okay, you can get the puppy, but I will expect you to take care of it."

"Yes, Mom, I will."  Filled with excitement, the little boy ran to the pet shop to buy his new puppy.

After determining that the boy had enough money, the pet shop owner brought him to the window to choose his puppy.  After a few minutes, the young boy said, "Um...I'll take the little one in the corner."

"Oh no," said the shop owner, "not that one; he's crippled.  Notice how he just sits there; something is wrong with one of his legs, so he can't run and play like the rest of the puppies.  Choose another one."

Without saying a word, the boy reached down and lifted his pant leg to expose a chrome leg brace to the owner.

"No," he said firmly, "I want the puppy in the corner."*

It turns out that  what disqualified the puppy from being chosen by others is what most qualified him to be chosen by the little boy.  It's amazing how few of us believe in the unqualified grace of God.  Oh, yes, God loves us, as long as we're clean and whole and fixed and perfect.  But it turns out that what disqualifies you and me from "churchianity" - the mess of our lives and our crippledness - is what most qualifies us to be chosen by Jesus.

"When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: 'Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?'  On hearing this, Jesus said to them, 'It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.  I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.' "

Mark 2:16-17

 

Selah.

*Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts On Faith (New York: Pantheon, 1999), 49-50.