[perspective]

perspective is a very funny thing. have you ever noticed that if you sit slightly left of center you can see into the wings on stage left?

because you can see into the wings, you may be able to see who is entering onto the stage from that side; but it does not mean you know what's going on backstage. nor does it mean that you have enough information to make a judgement about the plot of the play.

have you noticed that from where you are seated, you have no clue what's occuring in the wings on stage right?

where you position yourself may give you clarity on one thing but it may cause you to become blind to something else that may be of greater importance.

it is easy to draw conclusions from where you are sitting but that rarely makes it right and only serves to inform you of one thing: you are contemptable. familiarity breeds contempt- even contempt for the unknown.

someone who takes pride in guessing the plot of a story before the plot is fully revealed has revealed something about themselves. they are far too easily bored and/or have sat through too many plays. they have missed out on the most important part of the play: the play itself.

your perspective does not make you correct, it means you see it differently. different, though enlightening, does not automatically equate to inerrant. opinion mixed with truth is as safe to stomach as a molatov cocktail.

if you must believe only in what you see and can deduct by reason, then you can close shop and stop calling what you believe "faith."

the great tragedy is not that there are people passionately pursuing the Presence of God despite how you choose to view them. the great tragedy is that there are people who have packed up their ability to believe that God is the same yesterday, today and forever. and they have reduced their belief system to faith in a future heaven and their lives to sitting in the critics' booth. a place that is neither reserved for nor willingly relinquished to them.

the audience of life is not for those who are supposed to be living it, but for those who are the great cloud of witnesses.

don't miss the play for want of an opinionated critique.