Hi, Jim—
Your first piece made me think about the finiteness of our lives. The ancient Greeks believed in three Fates: Clotho who spun the thread of life, Lachesis who measured it, and Atropos who cut it. What did Lachesis use to measure the span of a life? Breaths? Heartbeats? Days? Words? Do we have a finite number of words? If so, we should guard them like gold.
The second piece reminded me of 1 Kings 19:11-13 in which Elijah runs from Ahab and Jezebel to a cave on a mountainside trying to hear the voice of God. He listens to the wind and an earthquake, and finally hears a still, small voice from within himself, which was the voice of God.
Your third and fourth pieces seemed very personal, and both deal with questioning. Just as small children can annoy their parents by constantly asking, “Why? Why?” so our questions, leading as they do to an infinite chain of more questions, must try God’s patience.
Last edited by Glenn Wright; 04-20-2024 at 01:54 PM.
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