Permanence has been on my mind. I'm obsessing over gardening this time of year and dreaming about building more permanent raised beds. These beds provide soil the opportunity to settle in. Worked deep and full of all of the great worms and compost and bacteria that provides nutrients to my growing plants.
Permanent. Lasting. Intending to last.
From Latin…remaining to the end.
…enduring,
continuing, eternal, abiding,
Permanence has
fallen out of vogue in this go-go culture of rapid change. Today’s multitasking, instant access
self-absorbed and having it all belief systems seems to be a reaction to the
“it’s how it has always been done” thinking of the past.
Swinging wildly
from one side of the pendulum to the other has left us all with a little bit of
whip lash….and lots of insecurity.
Permanency creates
healthy and resilient children who stand securely on a strong attachment and
sense of belonging. Growing up with the knowledge that their parents intend to
last and are an enduring and secure base allows for risk in other areas of
life.
Permanence is
the deeply worked environment of the time, fruit, failure and compost of our
lives that eventually sprouts focus and intentional living.
Endurance becomes a highly developed
muscle moving the tendons of perseverance and the structure of values and belief.
Permanence moves
our soul from the finite corrupting body of flesh to the eternal spiritual home
in heaven. From the shifting sand
of relativism to the abiding and continuing truth of God’s Kingdom.
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