http://blog.therefugeonline.org/2007/12/18/sage-anna-simeon-so-faithful-it-was-strange/ Thu, 17 May 2012 22:27:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://blog.therefugeonline.org/2007/12/18/sage-anna-simeon-so-faithful-it-was-strange/comment-page-1/#comment-184 jose Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:05:00 +0000 http://www.blog.therefugeonline.org/blog/?p=54#comment-184 84 years and all they got to show for it was a baby being born. I know it was the messiah and all, but how about a little something for the effort. Not even a t-shirt?? It’s hard to imagine such fortitude and perseverance considering the lives we live today, but maybe it’s still here…it just looks different. I look at Karl and Kathy and other people who are sold out for the cause in their own way and marvel. Super talented people who could be living more “normal” lives in the world, getting affirmed by worldly standards through money and publicity, but they have chosen a different route. They’ve chosen to love and care for the unlovely, the poor, the unwanted, the messy. Now, it’s not the same as 84 years in a temple, but it is doing some serious swimming upstream, and it’s probably looked at by a lot of people as a waste of time (not much different than how some people looked at Anna and Simeon). Many of these people are probably sitting next to you at the doctors, at McDonalds, or on the bus, but because they don’t look “successful” they won’t get the props they deserve (not that they’re looking for it). All they’re doing is living lives that emulate Jesus and His teachings. Imagine that. It's never a bad idea to remember that Jesus is the reason for the season, but why, in this ever so worldly world, does the season have to be only once a year? Thanks Sage. jose 84 years and all they got to show for it was a baby being born. I know it was the messiah and all, but how about a little something for the effort. Not even a t-shirt?? It’s hard to imagine such fortitude and perseverance considering the lives we live today, but maybe it’s still here…it just looks different. I look at Karl and Kathy and other people who are sold out for the cause in their own way and marvel. Super talented people who could be living more “normal” lives in the world, getting affirmed by worldly standards through money and publicity, but they have chosen a different route. They’ve chosen to love and care for the unlovely, the poor, the unwanted, the messy. Now, it’s not the same as 84 years in a temple, but it is doing some serious swimming upstream, and it’s probably looked at by a lot of people as a waste of time (not much different than how some people looked at Anna and Simeon). Many of these people are probably sitting next to you at the doctors, at McDonalds, or on the bus, but because they don’t look “successful” they won’t get the props they deserve (not that they’re looking for it). All they’re doing is living lives that emulate Jesus and His teachings. Imagine that. It’s never a bad idea to remember that Jesus is the reason for the season, but why, in this ever so worldly world, does the season have to be only once a year? Thanks Sage. jose

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