Ham and Canaan

“Cursed be Canaan. The lowest of slaves shall he be to his brothers”

So there it is. A drunken man, a moral failure, a cursed son, and the generations keep coming. The beat goes on.

Renewed, we have this essential capacity to agree with the Holy Spirit. To live wholly in Him. This is the ground of my being. As I visit this ground, and recognize my God in myself, and myself in my God, I want this essence everywhere to agree. Here, eternity is entirely available to all, but I encounter it only in the most fleeting moment.

I will – gently but determinedly to resist the temptation to return to the beat. Cursing the son for the sins of the father, for the sins of the father, for the sins of the father, for the sins of the father.

This, it seems, did not escape the waters of the flood. No despair. It’s just work to do.