The boy and the chicken. The boy, feeling immensly superior, is still watching the chicken. To be entertained? To learn? The chicken, often called a dumb creature, knows its Lord. The boy doubts. And what could a chicken know about it? Maybe the despised one knows more?
They are both programmed. On a computer. Yet only the chicken believes in programmers. Even though without both their existences are not possible. Who is dumb then? Isn't being in touch with a greater reality smarter than some smarts?
Paul said, he had a huge amount of cool references, but he regared them all as loss compared to the excellency of knowing Christ. Who is dumb then? Paul or the one who thought him dumb?
It often depends on the side I stand on. And whether understanding is given to me. Sometimes it seems those who think themselves smart are doomed to never doubt, to never truly search or understand. Who is dumb in the end? I pray it is not me nor you.
No comments:
Post a Comment