Wednesday, October 11, 2006
MId-Week LiFE...
I wanted to highlight what Heidi said,
Heidi said...
My eyes and ears are heightened this week to the word 'blessing'. We (as humans) are quick to decide and label a situation "good news or bad news". We think "good news" must be a blessing from God. "Bad news" must not be. But our perspective is SO Limited!Here's a story: A poor but WISE man in a small village had a son and 1 horse. One day the horse ran away. The town's people said, "oh such bad news!" The wise man replied, "good news, bad news, who knows?". The next day the horse came back and following it were another dozen wild horses. "Such good news!" The townspeople said. "good news, bad news, who knows", replied the Wise man. The next day, the man's only son was out breaking in the wild horses and was trampled, loosing his ability to walk. "Such bad, bad, news" said the townspeople. "Good news, bad news, who knows?" Replied the man. The NEXT day, the military came through recruiting all the able bodied young men to go fight in the war. The man's son stayed home and did not loose his life in battle as the other boys in the town did... Good news bad news, who knows? God knows! We should stop pretending we know WHAT to label a situation (a blessing, a curse???) seems to me just about anything can end up a blessing if it's under God's sovereignty. And really, what's not?
Great example...
One thing I am challenged by lately is not labeling things. My biggest challenge is to stay GRATEFUL for whatever is provided or not provided. When I am focused on this I am truly living LiFE...
Thoughts, questions, comments ...
-LiFE
Heidi said...
My eyes and ears are heightened this week to the word 'blessing'. We (as humans) are quick to decide and label a situation "good news or bad news". We think "good news" must be a blessing from God. "Bad news" must not be. But our perspective is SO Limited!Here's a story: A poor but WISE man in a small village had a son and 1 horse. One day the horse ran away. The town's people said, "oh such bad news!" The wise man replied, "good news, bad news, who knows?". The next day the horse came back and following it were another dozen wild horses. "Such good news!" The townspeople said. "good news, bad news, who knows", replied the Wise man. The next day, the man's only son was out breaking in the wild horses and was trampled, loosing his ability to walk. "Such bad, bad, news" said the townspeople. "Good news, bad news, who knows?" Replied the man. The NEXT day, the military came through recruiting all the able bodied young men to go fight in the war. The man's son stayed home and did not loose his life in battle as the other boys in the town did... Good news bad news, who knows? God knows! We should stop pretending we know WHAT to label a situation (a blessing, a curse???) seems to me just about anything can end up a blessing if it's under God's sovereignty. And really, what's not?
Great example...
One thing I am challenged by lately is not labeling things. My biggest challenge is to stay GRATEFUL for whatever is provided or not provided. When I am focused on this I am truly living LiFE...
Thoughts, questions, comments ...
-LiFE
