The Familiar Path and the Frightened Child

A man was walking along a familiar path in the cool of the day, as was his custom. He stopped at his usual place to lean against an old oak tree and noticed a child had built a structure of some sort on a ledge just below this sturdy tree. After a few minutes, he saw the child coming toward him. Trying to be kind, and not wanting to alarm the child, he said hi. The child cordially responded “hi.” The man then rose and resumed his walk. Upon his return later that day, the man noticed that not only was the child gone, but so was the structure. There remained only a few broken pieces of what had been. As the man observed this, he couldn’t help but think that despite his efforts, he had frightened the child…

Porcupines

Originally posted 7:44am Sunday, Apr 15 on Facebook


Hey guys, I am posting this because I make reference to it in the next part of the series (which should be posted very soon) and it seems that I have found several old posts that I never transferred to blogger :)
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It’s hard to hug a porcupine!

Another Riddle

Riddle: Water water everywhere, and not a drop to drink!!!

Comment: I’m dying here!

The Way Out

A man trapped in a cave once told me the way out…

A (Semi-Fictitious) Military Story

One day in hostile territory, the CO (Company Officer) told me to patrol a certain area. I had just come off of leave and was rested and ready to go. With that said, the CO gave me instructions that on my patrol, I was to search for a missing member of our battalion. We may not know that member’s location, but we know that this member is in the area somewhere.


As I patrolled, I ran into a member of another battalion who had been looking for a missing member of his own. He had been patrolling for some time and had come close to finding his missing member several times, but had still not been able to succeed thus far.


As I spoke with this man, he chastised me as a fool for searching and told me that if I were as wise as he (and as experienced), I would not even search, since searching was what everyone else was doing and none in our company had succeeded. Beyond this, the CO had told him to stop searching for a while and rest. I replied that I would continue searching since I was well rested and was following my leader’s desires. He chastised me again, calling me both desperate and a fool, for not ceasing from my search. Then he sat back, in self-righteous satisfaction.





As I observed this, I realized that he was so wrapped up in his own tired and worn-out perspective, that he didn’t even understand what I was talking about. He was not speaking from logic or out of duty to the CO, but from a battle-hardened and self-centered perspective.


Most importantly, I realized that in this condition he couldn’t see the big picture. He couldn’t fathom that the CO might tell one man to rest for a while and another to press on… as each was able…

A + B = C

Originally posted 3:04pm Tuesday, Oct 17, 2006 on Facebook

The Bible demands A+B in order to have C. So often though C is not realized because our human nature neglects either A or B. So we are faced with the the choice of having A or B, but ultimately not C. C is not impossible, it is demanded by scripture and therefore could not be, yet is is a very difficult thing to find and accomplish. I have rarely found it.

Hint - C = Church

Herein is a Riddle

TTDOMHIAW

A few have asked what this means... It is a mystery (to others, not myself), a statement of faith, and a cry from the heart! It can be written in all caps as above or as TtDoMHIaW, I prefer all caps. In French, it would be ADDMCJA or ADdMCJA. :)