Thursday, May 25, 2006

Epic struggles

I have been thinking a lot about Epic Struggles lately.
Maybe Eternal Struggles is the better title for them.
Sometimes one wants to shake one's fist at these
struggles and yell, "This should not be!" Sometimes
one merely shrugs one's shoulders and says, "Oh, well!"
And sometimes one just giggles.

There is an eternal struggle between the spirit and the
flesh (Romans 7).
There is an eternal struggle between male and female
(Genesis 3).
There is an eternal struggle between the wheat and the
tares. (Translation-those on God's side and those
againt Him...good and evil...Genesis 3 and following)
There is an eternal struggle, not between the old and the
young because they get along fine, but between youth
and middle age.

Actually these are not eternal. They will be resolved
someday in the sweet by and by. But do not fool your-
self into thinking that all struggles will go by the wayside.

There are some struggles that are truly eternal...such as--

Chocolate or vanilla?
Cat or dog?
Cream or no cream?
Coffee or tea?
White meat or dark?
Fat pillow or skinny?
Window open or shut?
Air con set on high or low?
Stop a lot on car trips or never stop at all?

Ha! This is just the beginning of a never-ending
list of unresolvable differences. Let's see what
eternity does with those.

2 comments:

Susannah said...

How about paper or plastic? :-))

Laurie said...

Good one! Or how about cloth or disposable (diapers).