It was Samuel Coleridge who wrote, “Water, water every where; nor any drop to drink.” This morning I felt like this ancient mariner as I surfed through 900 television channels. In desperation I stopped at an old Perry Mason drama. There was Raymond Burr and Barbara Hale in all their prime. It was the late 50’s. I think we had three channels and Perry dominated his time slot. Have we really changed so much? I think the dialogues must have been written by eighth graders during recess. (I say that with reservation because I am aware that some might think the same of my devotionals. Alas.) After the guilty party broke down in tears under his clever? Interrogation, I decided to try out an old western on the Xfinity On Demand. I found one filmed in 1949. During this one I think I had to award the writers of Perry Mason an Oscar.
We do change. Languages change. Styles change. Even “truth” changes; at least what we thought was truth. The scientific theory of a geocentric universe held sway for thousands of years until Galileo. However, there are some truths that are so eternal they will never change. The morality of the Ten Commandments is timeless because they are based on just two principles; love God and love others. And just how do we love God? Jesus said, “If you have done it to the least of these you have done it unto me.” So there it is. There is only one truth. Love. I John 4:8. God is love. Don’t ever let people tell you all religions are basically the same. Every time members of a particular religion call out, “God is great.” We should call out “God is love.”
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 23, 2012
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