THE STATUS QUO. BRANCHES & THE VINE.

Like most philosophers and poets, they explain things articulately and beautifully, but seldom do they have answers. We know Christ answers all, and one day all will know this truth. Your input is always appreciated, Roy. May the LORD continue to bless you with a sharp mind.

Great teaching. We who hear it must internalize these words daily and hourly. Anyone who has read scripture and begun a life with Christ is truly blessed by God. Usually I try to share some scripture I think applicable to what was said (which I added below). However, it occurred to me that the emptiness of the world and need for Our Redeemer is palpable by all . . believers and non-believers. In this regard, I think of a poem from William Wordsworth, a strong supporter of the ritualist Church of England, who penned "The world is too much with us" . . . which reads as follows . . .................................................The world is too much with us; late and soon, Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers;— Little we see in Nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon! This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon; The winds that will be howling at all hours, And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers; For this, for everything, we are out of tune; It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn. ......................................................... Wordsworth skillfully lays out the problem in this poem, but does not tell his readers the solution . . Jesus Christ. In fact, he reminds me of so many in this time who can skillfully express the problems with this world . . the lies and corruptions and folly . . but do not grasp or share the only solution, Jesus Christ. He seems to seek a god . . any god, even pagan . . who will give him his longed for spiritual connection. There is no other conclusion we can draw but that people like Wordsworth . . who received great acclaim and status while he was alive . . remain spiritually lost without Christ. We to whom God has given the true Word are blessed to have received and accepted the free gift which Wordsworth (at least as of the time of his writing this poem) could not understand or . . worse . . accept.