Armadillos are funny creatures. I have yet to see one alive but have seen plenty of them dead alongside of the road. After seeing the splattered remains of an armadillo the other day, I got to thinking about nocturnal animals like the armadillo and opossum and realized that I have shared a similar characteristic with these animals. Awareness.
Armadillos are mostly nocturnal and eat grubs, insects, beetles and plenty of other disgusting stuff... yuck! Armadillos are very adept diggers and use their claws to unearth these delicacies. The grubs and beetles feast on roots, leaves and bark for the most part. Stay with me on this one. The plant roots and leaves that the grubs and beetles eat are obviously not nocturnal and rely on the sun to provide them with light. (I just got the "Circle of Life" song from The Lion King going through my head just now.)
What's the point? The armadillos live at night in darkness but ultimately rely on light from the sun to live. I am sure that the armadillos are not aware of their dependency on the light but that does not mean that they can live without it. They just aren't aware that their life comes from the sun.
I was once an armadillo. For seven years, I chose to live my life in darkness and to feast on all that the earth had to offer. I consumed everything that I could and had my fill. Even though I made this choice to live in darkness, the Son was still at work giving me life. Just because I chose to ignore the Light and chose my own version of reality didn't mean that the Son didn't exist. My awareness changed. I changed. The Son did not.
Jesus once told His followers that they were the "light of the world." Jesus taught them that some people love darkness SO much that they would rather choose to live in the darkness rather than the light. Why do you think that is? For me, I wanted what I wanted and this led me to experiencing everything... except freedom. I became a slave to bad habits. I made poor choices. Then I cried out to God to fix the mess that I had made.
Here's the good news... since God is never far from any of us, He was right next to me when I decided that I had had enough. Jesus said that if we seek Him then we will find Him. I know that is true. When I began to seek Him I started to discover how He had been with me the whole time and my awareness of His presence in my life changed. I chose to live for Him and began to change on the inside... slowly.
Awareness changes everything.
Armadillos are mostly nocturnal and eat grubs, insects, beetles and plenty of other disgusting stuff... yuck! Armadillos are very adept diggers and use their claws to unearth these delicacies. The grubs and beetles feast on roots, leaves and bark for the most part. Stay with me on this one. The plant roots and leaves that the grubs and beetles eat are obviously not nocturnal and rely on the sun to provide them with light. (I just got the "Circle of Life" song from The Lion King going through my head just now.)
What's the point? The armadillos live at night in darkness but ultimately rely on light from the sun to live. I am sure that the armadillos are not aware of their dependency on the light but that does not mean that they can live without it. They just aren't aware that their life comes from the sun.
I was once an armadillo. For seven years, I chose to live my life in darkness and to feast on all that the earth had to offer. I consumed everything that I could and had my fill. Even though I made this choice to live in darkness, the Son was still at work giving me life. Just because I chose to ignore the Light and chose my own version of reality didn't mean that the Son didn't exist. My awareness changed. I changed. The Son did not.
Jesus once told His followers that they were the "light of the world." Jesus taught them that some people love darkness SO much that they would rather choose to live in the darkness rather than the light. Why do you think that is? For me, I wanted what I wanted and this led me to experiencing everything... except freedom. I became a slave to bad habits. I made poor choices. Then I cried out to God to fix the mess that I had made.
Here's the good news... since God is never far from any of us, He was right next to me when I decided that I had had enough. Jesus said that if we seek Him then we will find Him. I know that is true. When I began to seek Him I started to discover how He had been with me the whole time and my awareness of His presence in my life changed. I chose to live for Him and began to change on the inside... slowly.
Awareness changes everything.
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composed by
dave
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