Inspirational Nugget

Nothing is Random

Nothing is random, nor will anything ever be, whether a
long string of perfectly blue days that begin and end in
golden dimness, the most seemingly chaotic political acts,
the rise of a great city, the crystalline structure of a gem
that has never seen the light, the distributions of fortune,
what time the milkman gets up, the position of the electron,
or the occurrence of one astonishingly frigid winter after
another.
Even electrons, supposedly the paragons of unpredictability,
are tame and obsequious little creatures that rush around at
the speed of light, going precisely where they are supposed
to go. They make faint whistling sounds that when
apprehended in varying combinations are as pleasant as the
wind flying through a forest, and they do exactly as they are
told. Of this, one can be certain.
And yet there is a wonderful anarchy, in that the milkman
chooses when to arise, the rat picks the tunnel into which
he will dive when the subway comes rushing down the
track from Borough Hall, and the snowflake will fall as it
will. How can this be? If nothing is random, and everything
is predetermined, how can there be free will? The answer
to that is simple.

Nothing is predetermined; it is determined, or was
determined, or will be determined. No matter, it all
happened at once, in less than an instant, and time was
invented because we cannot comprehend in one glance the
enormous and detailed canvas that we have been given - so
we track it, in linear fashion, piece by piece. Time,
however, can be easily overcome; not by chasing light, but
by standing back far enough to see it all at once.

The universe is still and complete. Everything that ever
was, is; everything that ever will be, is - and so on, in all
possible combinations. Though in perceiving it we imagine
that it is in motion, and unfinished, it is quite finished and
quite astonishingly beautiful.

In the end, or rather, as things really are, any event, no
matter how small, is intimately and sensibly tied to all
others. All rivers run full to the sea; those who are apart are
brought together; the lost ones are redeemed; the dead
come back to life; the perfectly blue days that have begun
and ended in golden dimness continue, immobile and
accessible; and, when all is perceived in such a way as to
obviate time, justice becomes apparent not as something
that will be, but as something that is.

- Mark Helprin

Life is Funny

Funny how a $100 "looks" so big when you take it to church, but so small when you take it to the mall.

Funny how long it takes to serve God for an hour, but how quickly a team plays 60 minutes of basketball.

Funny how long a couple of hours spent at church are, but how short they are when watching a movie.

Funny how we can't think of anything to say when we pray, but don't have difficulty thinking of things to talk about to a friend.

Funny how we get thrilled when a baseball game goes into extra innings, but we complain when a sermon is longer than the regular time.

Funny how hard it is to read a chapter in the Bible, but how easy it is to read 100 pages of a best selling novel.

Funny how people want to get a front seat at any game or concert, but scramble to get a back seat at church services.

Funny how we need 2 or 3 weeks advance notice to fit a church event into our schedule, but can adjust our schedule for other events at the last moment.

Funny how hard it is for people to learn a simple gospel well enough to tell others, but how simple it is for the same people to understand and repeat gossip.

Funny how we believe what the newspaper say, but question what the Bible says.

Funny how everyone wants to go to heaven provided they do not have to believe, or think, or say, or do anything.

Funny how you can send a thousand 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing.

FUNNY, ISN'T IT ?

Are you laughing?

Are you thinking?

Spread the Word and give thanks to the Lord for He is good!

Funny isn't it when you go to forward this message how many on your list are not receiving it because you're not sure they believe in anything?

Funny?......... Sad.

- - Author Unknown

Food for Thought !

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

- Nelson Mandela

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