If there is a lion in a pit and it could just sorta eventually drop dead is there a moral advantage to jump in and kill it right away? Like, could you drum up enough motivation to leap in with a spear and kill it? What if its snowy? Would you call that courage or impatience? Or obedience?
Benaiah killed a lion in a pit on a snowy day. Ever since I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer God gave me that story to ponder. And it has been the single most pushing, shoving, forcing thought given me. At times I have nearly felt His hands on my back, tipping me off the edge into that pit. Sometimes the lion was my dread of a procedure. Sometimes it was initiating conversations about a need I had. Or staring down what the future holds.
I don't know why God added that snow detail. Right now I am snowed in at a hotel in Omaha, awaiting a scan in the morning. How interesting that I drove through a snow storm to get here this morning. How blamed interesting. And right now I could kill that lion with my own bare hands.
this talk of lions and snow makes me think of the Chronicles of Narnia...when it was always winter but never Christmas...only in that case the lion was the Good Guy...
ReplyDeleteno wisdom here...just thinking.