Monday, October 08, 2007

And Then I Was Mad

You know, one struggles to find the words to express a feeling sometimes. You think you have it, but then you don't. You think you want to share it, but then you can't. You think it is simple, but then it isn't, or it turns out to be really hard. What do you say to your heart when it rails against your head? Who wins when there is conflict? I wonder a lot about the way things end up. I find it hard to trace them sometimes. Some people are so confident about their explanations of how things ended up the way they did, they fail to stop and realize that they might be wrong- or it might be important to think about things as they are first, and how they got that way second. This is often the way I see the war- but I don't suppose that you see it that way, do you?

2 comments:

Stephen Isham said...

I haven't necessarily thought about your question, but I think I might tend to think about how things got the way they are, first, and then think about how they are. That's if I had to put them in order. But which ever I think about first, I can't help but simultaneously think of the other.

Coffee Joe said...

Interesting. I would suggest you think about something related to this. It may help you frame the whole topic in a way that is easier to deal with.

There have been two exhortations in the history of the Christian Church that oppose each other. Think on them both and ask yourself if you can decide which one is true.

1- Believe in order to understand.

2- Understand in order to believe.

Take your time on this one.