Posted by
t.m. vecchio on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 3:09:13 AM
This is either the second part of part one or the first part of part two. I haven't decided. I also can't remember what the heck I wrote--well, printed--in the first part. Whatever it was, I'm somewhat sure it was nutritious and edifying. Maybe. Anyhoo, there was something in the first part about the Big Red and the Big Green. I don't think it was terribly obscene. But it could have been quite mean. Yet there are worst things in life I have seen, even with my eyes wide open shut.
So what does one get when he (that's me) mixes the Big Red with the Big Green? I don't know, of course, because I haven't done it. Yet. But I find it excruciatingly interesting that the Big Red and the Big Green have never been seen together. Does that indicate they don't mix (and match)? Why would that be? They seem so much alike, after all, and birds of a feather do tend (or should) flock together. Just once in my painfully wretched lifetime of self-mortification and delayed gratification would I so enjoy seeing them together, side by side, arm in arm, joined in unison and melodic resonance. But, alas, some things (and people) in this life are not meant to be.
But perhaps the two are not really two at all. They could be but two distinct and yet similar reflections of one person, could they not? No, not one person, I suppose. But one soul? I don't know. It's possible. And I hear that with God all things are possible. Yet it seems some possibilities are more possible (and therefore less improbable) than other possibilities. But what do I know and why should I care?
The truth, the kind that hurts and the kind that sets one free, is that the Big Red and the Big Green have something in common, something more vital and important and meaningful and significant than all the other little things they share in common. This much has been revealed to me, not kept concealed from me, and because it has, and because it is a private revelation, I must not reveal it, for it must remain with me in privacy until the time comes when I am given permission to reveal it. And, as we all know, time reveals everything. When that time is finally at hand, I shall reveal it to the Big Red and the Big Green so that they might understand and therefore grow ever stronger in their faith, for what good is one's faith if it is not really understood? Thus I leave off this bloggery with a quote from one who has gone before us marked by the sign of faith.
"Vere tu es Deus absconditus. Those to whom God has imparted religion by intuition are very fortunate ... and justly convinced. But to those who do not have it, we can give it only by reasoning, waiting for God to give them spiritual insight, without which faith is only human ... and useless for salvation." This is, indeed, a peaceful, easy resignation.