Great Wine
May 27th 2007 13:17
What is maturity?
A mature wine is one that has been processed for a long time before it is ready to drink. It’s aged, and it has been treated in certain ways so that it will reach peak flavour. It’s a matter of time and subjection to a process. Time alone will not produce a mature wine. And process takes time.
So maturity comes with time or age, but it is not automatic. Being aged doesn’t necessarily mean maturity. How can you tell if person is mature? Do the taste test!
If the taste is vinegar – harsh (in speech) and sour (with complaints), flavourless (the come back for more signal) and lacking in joy (that comes from within and is not shaken by circumstance) and restfulness ( bringing tranquility to every situation), without a beautiful aromatic, peaceful attraction, then give that person the respect due to age, but do not seek your wisdom there..
If, on the other hand, the aroma is heavy with promise (the hidden substance of things to come), the taste (of companionship) is heavenly (arousing a desire for more), the gentle shaking or swirling (prodding the depths for truth) enhances the sensation (speech), the swallowing (accepting) brings peace and contentment (enrichment and refreshment), if the nuances of the palate such as after-taste, deep throat and sides, timber, fruitiness etc (personality) contain many delights and surprises so that there is always more to discover, and the dregs have not tainted the wine (there are no blots on personality apparent), then know that the wine has been maximized by the processing of truth and potential, and drink deeply.
Of course there are very many vastly differing wines that you could savour, because there are many facets of life to enjoy. There are many processes that have been employed to create those wines, all involving great disciplines of learning, struggling, wrestling, persisting, dreaming, losing and winning, No wine was ever made without the grape press and the aging. The musician must practice, the architect must be a mathematician, the ironmonger must play with his fire. Practice makes perfect in time.
Of all these marvellous wines, the most important one to drink is the powerful, (ever) new red (blood) wine of the Spirit of the Living God, matured in timber (the cross) fortified in Heaven (resurrection and ascension) and poured out liberally at any Pentecost for its aspirant devotees.
But you, what sort of wine will you develop into? What processes will you submit yourself to and for how long? Will the press of life burst your barrel, or will it turn you into a beautifully aged-in-oak blessing? If a man or woman will not submit to any process, what then? If they choose a lesser process, what then? As time passes by you, what is being created? Vinegar? Cheap wine? Great wine? Eternal Life wine?
Someone I knew wanted respect because of his years – he was in his forties. He thought he should have it just because of that. But because of his behaviour (especially with text messaging) he kept getting thrown out of social situations. He couldn’t figure it out at all. Years without discipline won’t do it.
Many young people today, with disciplines and skills, neglect the older generation, thinking that lack of IT, youthfulness and current parlance etc means they have nothing to offer. The ice is thin and the water is cold in that place. They need each other. How many young people today have entered relationships against the parent’s wishes, only to suffer greatly later on. They need each other!
What then is maturity? Maturity is wisdom. Get wisdom. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Get wisdom. Get it at all costs! "WISDOM" is the greatest wine lable of all!
A mature wine is one that has been processed for a long time before it is ready to drink. It’s aged, and it has been treated in certain ways so that it will reach peak flavour. It’s a matter of time and subjection to a process. Time alone will not produce a mature wine. And process takes time.
So maturity comes with time or age, but it is not automatic. Being aged doesn’t necessarily mean maturity. How can you tell if person is mature? Do the taste test!
If the taste is vinegar – harsh (in speech) and sour (with complaints), flavourless (the come back for more signal) and lacking in joy (that comes from within and is not shaken by circumstance) and restfulness ( bringing tranquility to every situation), without a beautiful aromatic, peaceful attraction, then give that person the respect due to age, but do not seek your wisdom there..
If, on the other hand, the aroma is heavy with promise (the hidden substance of things to come), the taste (of companionship) is heavenly (arousing a desire for more), the gentle shaking or swirling (prodding the depths for truth) enhances the sensation (speech), the swallowing (accepting) brings peace and contentment (enrichment and refreshment), if the nuances of the palate such as after-taste, deep throat and sides, timber, fruitiness etc (personality) contain many delights and surprises so that there is always more to discover, and the dregs have not tainted the wine (there are no blots on personality apparent), then know that the wine has been maximized by the processing of truth and potential, and drink deeply.
Of course there are very many vastly differing wines that you could savour, because there are many facets of life to enjoy. There are many processes that have been employed to create those wines, all involving great disciplines of learning, struggling, wrestling, persisting, dreaming, losing and winning, No wine was ever made without the grape press and the aging. The musician must practice, the architect must be a mathematician, the ironmonger must play with his fire. Practice makes perfect in time.
Of all these marvellous wines, the most important one to drink is the powerful, (ever) new red (blood) wine of the Spirit of the Living God, matured in timber (the cross) fortified in Heaven (resurrection and ascension) and poured out liberally at any Pentecost for its aspirant devotees.
But you, what sort of wine will you develop into? What processes will you submit yourself to and for how long? Will the press of life burst your barrel, or will it turn you into a beautifully aged-in-oak blessing? If a man or woman will not submit to any process, what then? If they choose a lesser process, what then? As time passes by you, what is being created? Vinegar? Cheap wine? Great wine? Eternal Life wine?
Someone I knew wanted respect because of his years – he was in his forties. He thought he should have it just because of that. But because of his behaviour (especially with text messaging) he kept getting thrown out of social situations. He couldn’t figure it out at all. Years without discipline won’t do it.
Many young people today, with disciplines and skills, neglect the older generation, thinking that lack of IT, youthfulness and current parlance etc means they have nothing to offer. The ice is thin and the water is cold in that place. They need each other. How many young people today have entered relationships against the parent’s wishes, only to suffer greatly later on. They need each other!
What then is maturity? Maturity is wisdom. Get wisdom. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Get wisdom. Get it at all costs! "WISDOM" is the greatest wine lable of all!
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