Into The Nothingness
"The heart of the faithful Christian has made the calculation a long time ago. He safegaurds himself from secureness." Martin Moller, Preface I.4.
To live in The Nothingness Spaces. Martin Moller warns the comfortable Christian of feeling so secure that he has no time for the consideration of The Eternal and that he will not be able to sufficiently separate himself at the end from those things for which he is grateful and have cherished on this earth, including wife and children, hearth and home--those things most dear to all. How can we separate those things we are grateful for, yet position ourselves to enter into and receive the treasures of The Eternal?
Are we not many comfortable? Good job. Nice retirement. Fine family. Most are not in these places. They suffer loss and live continually on the edge. Families suffer terribly. Death steals away our loved ones. Whether we have, or we have not, when we are pressed we tend to put our faith into future earthy benefits. My retirement. A change of jobs. Win the lottery. Entitlement Benefits. We don't think in terms of this being offensive to God, however it is faith misconceived. Faith is due to God alone.
If we are comfortable in anything, and we all are graced with a few of these or else we should be overcome with the grief of this world, when we have thoughts of loss it is helpful to say, "But what if NOTHING should materialize?" No job, no money, no tax refund, the loss of benefits, the loss of family. What shall take it's place? Then one shall sit back and. . . . WAIT. In time, that wait becomes shorter, for we KNOW what shall fill the space. It is God himself. It is standing on glass and finding oneself in The Nothingness Space filled around and standing on. . . .God Himself.
"The righteous Christian person has chosen the rightfully beneficial part; he rejoices in the exuberant wealth of the eternal good of God." Martin Moller, Preface I.4. Herein we begin to understand The Mystery.
To find in the Reflection that which is real
Reflection
and the Faith-Life. The beginning of Martin Moller's Preface is a
bold and scholarly condemnation of the life without the Holy Ghost, a
life without Jesus Christ. He uses the wisdom and perceptions of the
Romans to elucidate what kind of death will be faced without the
Faith-Life in Jesus Christ as one of hopelessness and fear. Fear is
all that is without God, but fear with no hope is horrific. Just as
Solomon does in the Book of Proverbs, Moller contrasts The Way of the
Wicked with The Way of the Righteous. It is a raucous beginning,
filled with percussion and dissonance.
Then
with gentleness the drums subside and the strings pick up a lovely
melody, he summarizes succinctly The Way to Life as, “The faithful,
penitent Christian person. . .knows the LORD his creator; and he
rejoices in having found faith in God; he makes use of all gifts of
God with gratitude; he praises God who has created everything so well
and wisely; he keeps in mind day and night that he too may come to
his God and live with him forever.”
All things that make for a
successful and well-lived Faith-Life, Martin Moller has collected so
well for the reader. Martin Moller's concern that The Believer has
confidence in the final hours is evident throughout The Work,
therefore, he urges, “contemplate in all urgency and diligence the
most significant difference between a believing and penitent human's
life and departure.” Reflection. Faith-Life. Live Deep. Consider
well. Be caught into The Mystery in such a way as though you stare
long at The Reflection. Something hidden, yet mysteriously
Beautiful. Find Him there.
my thanks to Dianna Joan Hueneburg for the lovely picture of Dunnegan Park, Bolivar MO.
