There are few occasions when you have clarity. You are able to get a glimpse of reality. Shaken out of your peaceful slumber of denial or perhaps wishful thinking, you find reality is not very pleasant. It is like a glaring light that vanquishes all the shadows and reveals your flaws. The disappointment is deep and the pain is acute. The natural reaction is to reshape the experience and cast shadows of ration and reason across the landscape. As Jack Nicholson would tell us: “You can’t handle the truth.” Those occasions can become a crucible in which the dross of our lives is brought to the surface and presents the opportunity to remove impurities and bring integrity to our lives. What is it that enables us to remove the dross? Why not just seek the coolness of the shadows and enjoy the peaceful respite from reality and wait for His return?
Posted August 2006