For the last few weeks I have been reading about the experiences of the Children of Israel in the Sinai Desert. The story seems to be a mix of experiences where one can find ‘the good, the bad, and the ugly’. Which one is it really about though? I guess it depends what kind of lens we use to look at it.
Even the prophets of Israel seemed to have different opinions. One talks about it as a series of failures, while the other describes it as a honeymoon with God. Later the Apostle Paul also makes mention of it. He brings it up as experiences written for the benefit of future generations. The way I see it, it is like life in general. Whether our marriage, raising our children, our professional or religious accomplishments, they all seem to be a mix where we can find ‘failure’ and ‘honeymoon’ ‘the good, the bad, and the ugly’. It seems to be a prevalent truth in everything else for that matter; that whatever we find in any given situation depends on what we look for. I personally find it to be one of the great duties of life to strive to find the good and the positive in everything and everyone. There was a old lady one time who also found it a great virtue to look on the positive side of things. A friend who could not understand how this poor was able to find the ‘honeymoon’ in everything asked,”My; I don’t understand you; I bet you could even find something positive to say about the devil!” she replied, “Well, you must admit; he is pretty persistent!” I heard a little song one day. It goes like this: All through life my brother If you’d be a happy soul Keep your eyes upon the doughnut And not upon the hole!
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