Deep Deep?

Every sunday I walk through double glass doors and slouch in line for a donut. It's usually a twistee, accompanied by a friendly conversation. I launch my bible in the middle of a large sections of seats; it really doesn't matter who I sit next to. This is the sunday routine.

A regular part of church service is announcements. The token well-suited Seminary student slips a few jokes, and proceeds to dish out the weekly dosage of events and info. The phone numbers and times are ho-hum, but if the announcement concerns a missionary, preaching, or a church service a whole different attitude blooms. Vibrant eyes, lots of teeth in a smile, a proud timbre, a slight tilt of the head, with increased blinking; it's like he just ate a 100 dollar meal.

He just really believes in what Mr.Visiting Speaker, or Special church service; no big deal right? Well, one encouragement is great. But as in many things, if all the announcements have the same enthusiam, then no announcement really stands over another. If everything is important, then nothing is important. Important is a class of priority over another, which means something has to be disposable, or neglectable in order for another thing to be essential, to have prominence.

Is it regular to display the same vigor for the lord week by week? I assumed it was fececiousness? There was something about the lips or the eyes; I didn't believe the authenticity.

Perhaps this is subtle part of maturity of Christ. Christ is eternal; he is divine. Why should desires dissipate? Why should affection falter? The object does not tarnish nor change. Some would call this boring, but remember, Christ is perfect. Interest should be due to him. So why does our emotions fly through perpetual mountains and valleys? Probably because our desires are too weak. Well spoken was C.S. Lewis when he diagnosed the human condition. A large part of maturity in God is continued affection for our lord. Not a large vault of information. We are not theological servers to hold information. We are hands, hearts, legs, and bodys for the fruit of the lord. We are as mature as our fruit. Fruit is action. Galatians, 2 peter, all list these things. Maturity is affection!