Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Real Wisdom From The Young
One of the younger bloggers that I really enjoy is the UK's Bluefish On Sunday he said
How can that not be more so in our endeavors with God? We have 6000 years of history to draw upon, more than pretty much any other people. A lot had happened in that time. Must we repeat the mistakes of those that have gone before?
Some years ago I was walking the main thoroughfare in the ruins of the ancient agora in Athens. Each building was marked as to its purpose. I was struck by how little life has changed in these 1000's of years. It was so easy to see how people, on their way home from work were stopping to buy a bit of bread, and maybe work out in the gym. The technology has changed, but life is oh so the same.
Bluefish has grand advice for us all.
Church history is vital to know - to see the errors that have come again and again, and to be drawn again to the truth.I am stuck by how often we have to learn the lessons that are there for us if we were but to look. I recently listened to a CD of the great speeches of Winston Churchill and, particularly those predating WWII, strikingly similar to so much of what has been heard in our current conflict.
How can that not be more so in our endeavors with God? We have 6000 years of history to draw upon, more than pretty much any other people. A lot had happened in that time. Must we repeat the mistakes of those that have gone before?
Some years ago I was walking the main thoroughfare in the ruins of the ancient agora in Athens. Each building was marked as to its purpose. I was struck by how little life has changed in these 1000's of years. It was so easy to see how people, on their way home from work were stopping to buy a bit of bread, and maybe work out in the gym. The technology has changed, but life is oh so the same.
Bluefish has grand advice for us all.
