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Resurrection story.
You know, the one about Lazarus.
Weeping all around.
Lazarus is dead. Jesus' too late.
Then Jesus arrives, smiles, looks around and asks for faith.
walks to the cave, removes the stone and calls out for Lazarus.
Lazarus emerges, with shuffling feet. Bound in cloth but alive.
Rejoicing all around.
You have to ask youself though,
Was there one among the crowd who felt cheated? Who asked, "That's pretty awesome Lord, but why Lazarus?" Maybe some enterprising landlord who had rented out Lazarus' place already? Somebody who had moved on but now had to deal with Lazarus, joy though he undoubtedly was, again?
I know there must have been
because today in smalltownAmerica, bigman colleague asked me to hand over my car keys.
He then walked to dead blue car, removed hood, jiggled a few things around and started the car again.
Jubilation, wonderment and astonishment. Dead car is now alive! With failing brakes but alive.
And I feel for that person in the crowd. Because resurrection is like lost baggage - you feel happy to have it back but a mite cheated because you made plans to buy new ones.
10 comments:
wow so many things happening here...
...congrats on ur pay rise..:)) ...btw sorry ...me joining the party a bit late....;)
lol - most excellent analogy me.
Get the brakes fixed, save the down payment and monthly payments.
SAVE THEM. Try putting as much money down on a vehicle as possible. It saves a WHOLE LOT of money, and possibly can get you a better interest rate.
An excellent use of scripture in our daily life...lol...poor me!
Sigh you guys,
Me - thanks and welcome back!
Nikki- you are right. You are so right. I hate money.
Beks - thanks :)
Maybe not all "resurrection is like lost baggage", that of a loved one might have evoked a different response :). I guess loss made good often clarifies deepest emotions, a friend who wanders back in after a painful exit suddenly seems redundant, and you realise that "you never really loved them anyway....". Glad your car has no feelings :))
True, Shax. Very true.
:)
Glad to hear that your car is alive again.
Lol, wow...you have been busy! Firstly, congrats on the raise, promo!! One more weapon for you in the soon-to-be 'boy' discussion with parents.
Secondly, yup, he'll help, but you have to appreciate him every time. :P
Thirdly, understand how you feel about car. Now you can't get a new one guilt-free, right?
M.L.
i guess that i feel the same way about my bike!! i love it to death, but i'm hoping that 3 years of neglect and accumulating dust in the garage back home in India shall do the trick...i am guilty taking a look at the latest models out in the market.
as for the analogy, very well done indeed. incidentally i picked up the bible today as well. but i'm still working my way around the Old Testament.
and about Men and household chores?? we actually do quite a bit without complaining. but yes, we like it when we are appreciated and rewarded for doing so...same principle as in the 'carrot on a stick' for the mule.
OH M.L. - Exactly! it would have been fabulous to buy a car without any associated guilt because "I simply had to".
But oh well.
And Nachi - you are right. generally, the boy does do a lot without complaining but only if I ask him to. I'd like to see the instruction booklet that tells us that it's only the woman who has to cook, clean and do laundry. Yes. I know. I really am turning into a femiNazi about this. But really.
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