“And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins.” Mark. 2:22
I have gone through many changes in my long life. Some changes have been painful, others meant a temporary chaos, often forcing me to make decisions I’d rather avoid. But in the end I had to get rid of my favourite computer, of clothes I could no longer wear, of losing some dear friends and getting used to new arrivals. Life is energy and its very essence is continuous change into new forms. I discovered , often stressfully, that I cannot use my old cosy ways of life and try to squeeze into them the throbbing energy of a major change in my life. Self-satisfaction with what I had managed to achieve during the last change had to be sent into a recycling bin. There is no other way. All complacency kills initiative and without it change will still occur, but no longer wth my willing participation, which could and probably would make me feel like a helpless swimmer caught in the maelstrom. Change means fermentation and unless I can face that simple fact and boldly discard the “old wineskins”, they will burst and the new wine of new truths will end up in the sewer of missed opportunities. In that lovely metaphor Jesus was teaching us to accept the inevitable changes in life and discard old forms, which can no longer serve its original purpose. We live in a dynamic Universe. Galaxies, stars, planets and everything that has life, in one form or another, must die and be born again in another, better form. In scientific terms, change of energy means a change in its wavelength, its pulse and its music. I welcome changes in my life and keep an eye on the recycling bins in the backgarden where, one day, I will have to take to them those forms that I no longer need and which have outlived their usefulness. Let’s be brave and accept the challenge of the appproaching wine harvest.
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