“A PERFERENCE FOR GOD” – June 12
A Certain Way of Thinking.
I don’t like litter.
I don’t like bird poop on things.
I don’t like people being mean to old folks.
I don’t like tyrants.
I don’t like Brussels sprouts, lima beans, raisins,
mint, mustard, pickles or strawberry ice cream.
I don’t like the torture of children,
the suffering of war, or smoking in public,
or sleet. Or sand in my socks.
I don’t like tragedy. It refuses to negotiate.
I don’t like rain, because it messes things up.
I don’t like sunrises because they come too early.
I don’t like sunsets because they end things.
And they keep coming. It’s annoying.
And pleasant days, like everything, can without warning
turn worse.
And you know how joy is always either compromised
or cut short.
I don’t like poetry, because there’s never enough.
I have my standards.__________________
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
http://www.unfoldinglight.net
“Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?’ Job 26:14
I am rather particular about what I like:
I like my coffee with a little cream but not too much;
Salsa should have a little kick but it shouldn’t scorch my taste buds;
I am driven inside when it is too hot or too cold;
I don’t like it when it is too windy or breezeless;
I like my dessert sweet but not too sweet.
Everyone has preferences. Those preferences have ranges that depend upon the person. When the ranges of our particular preferences are exceeded, we become uncomfortable. However, there are another set of ranges that affect our very existence. Our lives cannot be sustained if the ranges of these parameters are exceeded:
The sun cannot be any closer or…
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