12/27/11

The rest of the story


Paralysis in analysis seems to apply.  However, on a second look there seems to be some truth here.  Thoughtfulness, attention to detail and consideration for others as well as their direct opposites could be gleaned from how someone treats such an ordinary act.  The more I think about it, the more I like the analysis.  Its not just what you say in life; its what you do as well.  Which brings me to the book of Acts (the practices of the apostles of Jesus)...

WEB: Acts Chapter 1

[1] The first book I wrote, Theophilus, concerned all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, [2] until the day in which he was received up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. [3] To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God’s Kingdom. [4] Being assembled together with them, he commanded them, "“Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me. [5] For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”"

[6] Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”

[7] He said to them, "“It isn’t for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within his own authority. [8] But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth.”"

[9] When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. 

The "fishermen" of Jesus had been with Jesus for about two plus years.  They had watched him act in all sorts of situations and supposedly learned something.  Now, they were at a crossroads and it was their turn to act.  What they would do would say a great deal about them, just as what WE DO says a lot about US. What we have done in the past says a great deal about who we were, but what we are doing now and what we will do in the future is far more important.  So, take a lesson from the picture above, if you are less than considerate, change.  You may make your spouse happy.  Consider this... if you can change a simple thing like bathroom etiquette, then anything is possible.  Think it really doesn't matter?  These simple fishermen changed the world... and that is the rest of the story (in the book of Acts).