The String That Ties Us
(专辑: Satellite Kite - 2012)
[Art Azurdia:] Let's suppose that a
kite could come to life and develop its own personality. On the
one hand, it would feel the
exhilaration that comes from the
surges of wind that direct it through the
sky. On the
other hand, it would almost immediately take notice of something annoying. The
tugging of the
string at its centre; a
feeling of constraint; resistance. And soon the
kite begins to think to itself, "If only I
could detach, then I
could really fly." To the
kite you see, its seems that the
string is limiting its full experience of freedom. But as any boy or girl who has ever flown a
kite knows were that string to suddenly snap, the
kite wouldn't soar freely for very long. It would dart to and fro for a
minute; maybe two; but very soon thereafter it would end up on the
ground in a
pile of broken sticks and torn paper never ever to fly again. Rather you see it is the
taut line between the
kite and the
one holding it that enables the
kite to fly. It allows all the
principals of aerodynamics to come into place so that the
kite might achieve its full purpose Christian love performs the
very same function as a
kite string. You take away the
stabilizing force of Christian love and every towering gift, every supernatural power, every sacrificial act, every musical performance; you name it friends; it will all, all end up on the
ash heap of eternal insignificance without love