In covering lyric poetry, Dr. Abernathy covered the three familiar steps in creating that poetry: anticipation, consummation, and lamentation. While all three are important and experienced by everyone, I think we would all agree that we would rather live in the consummation state where everything is right in the world. I thought of love and happiness, all things good, but then Dr. Abernathy applied our consummation with our relationship with God. She said that we have memorized lyrics about our consummation with God, which seems all fine and dandy until you really think about it. If we have memorized these lyrics, then do we really know them or live them out or do we just bring them to mind when it is convenient for us? This is a question I asked myself and I'm urging you to do the same. Am I really consumed with God's love for me and my love for Him or is it just a mask that I put on when I feel like doing so? When we memorize things the material may stay fresh on our mind for a while, but eventually it will fade as we continue to memorize other information. Do we want our consummation with God to be just merely memorized material that we will replace with new found knowledge or do we want our consummation for God to be the very being of our soul and person to the extent that it is impossible for us to hide Him in us?
I commented on Sara Dye's The Sublime.
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