One of the difficulties with working
with numbers day in and day out is that sometimes they loose their
meaning. What I mean is not that they are less valuable, it can just
become hard to recognise a number you've been looking for.
When reading scripture, we can often
face the same problem. A story has become so familiar that we loose
the fact that the bible is written about real people with real lives
and that their life had meaning. The experiences they went through
were real and we are simply allowed a window seat as we fly past
these scenes in the aeroplane of history.
So next time you are tempted to glance
past the story of Noah and laugh at all the animals, or shake your
head at Jonah for being so silly and disobedient, stop yourself and
ask the question, “How would I really have reacted to this
situation?” and “What can I learn from the successes or failures
of our biblical hero's? Once you do, you may find that your real
response may have actually been very similar and it's then that we
have our Ah ha moment and smile.
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