What Type of World Would You Create?

I can't even believe I am 40 years old.  I have officially entered a new category by which I only previously assessed those in their 40s, well before I entered this realm: OLD.   Of course with my age I have learned a few things too.  Not only have I come to grasp that life is rather unpredictable, and that there are joys to be found in areas I never knew, but also I have learned first hand of some of the greatest pains in life.

Imagine

I imagine we all imagine.  And we do it all the time.  We find ourselves thinking, dreaming, hoping for a variety of things.  It is probably a bit more fanciful as kids than as adults but we don't even fully stop imagining.  And yet, our imagination doesn't always become reality.  It is probably why it becomes rather tame and tempered over time, because of the many disappointments.  That's probably not all bad. 

All Alone Wrestling With God

    

     So there was Jacob...on the run. The con man had been conned by his duplicitous father-in-law. But running from his father-in-law would threaten his safety. Because running from him meant running back toward his brother…the very brother who years earlier wanted to kill him.
    We can’t quite feel the exact nature of pain and turmoil that Jacob was in, but we can at least understand it was a tumultuous time.  He realizes in just a short time his path is going to cross with Esau’s.  

What I Didn't Know About Prayer

I used to think I knew quite a bit about history, but then I listened to a history professor lecture.  It all pointed out the great chasm between what I thought I knew and actually didn't know.  Of course there are many things I do, and I do well.  But I have also watched people play the sports I've tried, or instruments I've played, and I have soon realized their understanding of it is many degrees higher than mine because their proficiency in it is way above mine.