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Life is a Roller-Coaster


Life is a roller-coaster, not a monorail. -Dr John Walton, Wheaton College

Heard Dr Walton say this yesterday (he is the Old Testament teacher in the Bible in 90 Days study) when he was commenting on the book of Ecclesiastes.  I loved the way that he spoke of Solomon giving up the quest to finding meaning in life and simply enjoying the simple things that God sets before us. I felt that it set me free a bit of my desire to find some sort of mystical meaning in sufferings and hardships. Hearing him say that the roller-coaster life is normal affirmed something deep inside of me. I think that it gave me a permission of sorts to be content with the physical difficulties that challenge me each day. Not that I will now like roller-coasters. ツ

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  1. Fred ShopeOctober 30, 2013 at 10:00:00 AM CDT

    I believe that we can only find meaning in Christ and our relationship to the Father. Anything else will leave us sorely disappointed.

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    1. kc bobOctober 30, 2013 at 1:36:00 PM CDT

      I agree with that Fred. I think that Walton was simply telling us to find/see God in the normal everyday things in life. In a sense he was saying to find meaning in who you are in God not in what you do or accomplish.

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  2. AliceOctober 30, 2013 at 10:41:00 AM CDT

    I felt that it set me free a bit of my desire to find some sort of mystical meaning in sufferings and hardships

    That's something that is good to be set free of.

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    1. kc bobOctober 30, 2013 at 1:44:00 PM CDT

      Thanks Alice. It is hard to explain but I often struggle with the idea of making sense of my wife's disability and the health challenges that I regularly face. Realizing that these things are normal helps.

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  3. Mike Erich the Mad TheologianOctober 30, 2013 at 11:49:00 PM CDT

    I is my experience that trying to find the mystical meaning of all my sufferings can send us round and round in circles chasing my own tail. Maybe some day in the next life God will explain the reasons why, but until then I can only trust Him.

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  4. Debby@Just BreatheOctober 31, 2013 at 6:38:00 PM CDT

    Sounds like great advice!
    If I don't reply to your comments it's because you are no-reply FYI

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