The other day I noticed one of the tires on my wife's car was low so I took it in today. There was a screw right near the sidewall. It was irreparable. Now I need two new tires. Is that good news or bad news? My oldest daughter slid off the road on the way to work this morning avoiding a deer. Her car is pretty banged up but she is fine. Is that good news or bad news? I am 48 years old now and I am not as sure as I used to be. There is a fable about an old man who was very poor and owned a beautiful horse. All his neighbors said to sell the horse. He wouldn't. One day he woke up and the horse was gone. All his neighbors told him he was a fool. He should have sold the horse and now the horse was gone. Bad news. The old man said,"You don't know if it is bad news. You only know that my horse is gone". They laughed. A week later the horse returned with 20 wild horses in tow. The neighbors all said,"You were right old man. It was good news". The old man said,"You don't know it is good news. All you know is my horse has returned with 20 other horses". They laughed. A month later the son of the old man was breaking one of the wild horses and got bucked off and broke his leg. The people said," See, old man, we were right after all. Bad news." The old man said,"You don't know it is bad news. All you know is my son broke his leg". They laughed. A month later a war broke out and all the sons had to go to fight. The son of the poor man was excused because of his broken leg. I think you probably get the point. So, at 48 I have decided to try not to pay attention to details. The big picture is there is a God in heaven who loved me enough to send His son to be my Savior. Everything else is details. Whatever is going on in your life today, keep in mind how little you really know. Most of us wouldn't know good news if it came up and bit us in the ankle. Instead of sweating every detail, let's keep our eyes fixed on the big picture. The idea that we have a Savior really is something else.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
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3 comments:
Great and timely post, Joe!
Doug
Joe, so true. Many of the things I thought were terrible initially in my life have turned out to be great blessings. I didn't know it right away, but do now. I guess that's how God teaches us sometimes.
Scott
Pastor Joe, it is so true - In the grand scheme of things If you know and trust that He is in control what ever small insignificant thing that may come your way (and in our mind under that circumstance might be not so good news) if you can trust in Him He can (and will) make it a blessing.
Steve
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