Reflections Along the Jesus Way
October 22, 2024 – Quote for the Day:
“Toward the end of No Country for Old Men, Tommy Lee Jones goes to visit his father, who lives in an old shack in the middle of nowhere. He talks to his father about retiring. His father was himself forcibly retired when he was crippled in the course of his job in law enforcement.
Tommy Lee Jones is standing by an old kitchen sink in his father’s crumbling shack, drinking a cup of coffee, gazing wistfully out the window at the wastelands of west Texas. As I recall, he turns and says to his father,
‘You know, I always thought when I got older God would come into my life. Well, he hasn’t. I don’t blame him – if I were him I wouldn’t come into my life either.’
It was, for me, a telling line in the movie, as the character played by Tommy Lee Jones grapples with his relationship, or lack thereof, with God. Is there anyone into whose life God would refuse to come? Does God have some minimal standards we have to meet before he would even bother ‘coming into our lives’? Is God somewhat like Santa Claus? The Christmas song assures us that when Santa Claus comes to town, he only visits the homes of the good little boys and girls. Does God really care about ALL of us?”
Originally published in:
Spiritual Soup for the Hungry Soul, Volume 1
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