Friday’s thoughts
We know how important education is and we work on getting our facts and figures accurate and push forward for advanced degrees only to discover that human knowledge is in such flux that what we learned as fact becomes ancient fact soon after we learned it and ancient fact is fiction. More important than what we know it is important whom we follow. Whom we follow will enable us to know what the present state of knowing is and to build on that.
Playing games with people is one way to put people down. Sometimes, it seem people deserve to be “toyed with” by the way they behave and the tendency is to do that. We play games with people only to realize that the best interaction is away from the games we play. We see that honesty is not only the best policy, it is the only path that will lead us to understand each other.
We strive to be upwardly mobile without being aware of whom we are leaving behind in our striving and climbing.
Joseph’s story is a story of aspiration, forgiveness, honesty. It took Joseph a life to learn these lessons, but he learned them, and he died at peace with himself and his family. Also, I think it is important to note the one chosen to be the earthly father of the “son of God” was named after the one who took a lifetime to learn some of the most valuable lessons anyone ever learns.
What lessons have you learned and what lessons do you need to learn before you die? I’d like to hear from you. Write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. Click on the blank space and the email address will pop up.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Charles
