Thought for May 20

 History: Thanks to my fact-checker, Jay Sellers, my post from yesterday was incorrect. Secretariat still holds the record time for the Preakness 1:53. 

  • 325: First Council of Nicaea
  • 1310: First shoes made for right and left feet
  • 1609: Shakespeare's sonnets first published
  • 1830: D Hyde patents fountain pen
  • 1862: President Lincoln signs Homestead Act
  • 1873: Levi Strauss patents first blue jeans with copper rivets
  • 1892: George Sampson patents clothes dryer
  • 1910: 9 kings sit for a picture at the funeral of Edward VII
  • 1916: Codell Kansas hit by a tornado--it is hit again on the same day in 1917 and 1918
  • 1927: Charles Lindbergh departs on his flight across the Atlantic
  • 1942: Navy permits black recruits to serve
  • 1961: Mob attacks Freedom Riders in Montgomery
  • 1969: US troops capture Hamburger Hill in Viet Nam
  • 1978: Affirmed wins Preakness on the way to the Triple Crown
  • 1980: Families evacuated from the Love Canal area
  • 1990: First Hubble telescope photos
  • 2013: Church of Scotland allows openly gay men and women to be ministers
  • 2015: Letterman's last show
  • Born: John Stuart Mill, Emile Berliner [invented phonograph record], Jimmy Stewart, Bill Hewlett, Moshe Dayan, Dietrich Mateschitz [created Red Bull], Cher, Tony Stewart [NASCAR]
  • Died: Christopher Columbus, John Eliot [published first Bible printed in America], Marquis de Lafayette, Walter Winchell, Gilda Radner, Robin Gibb, Billy Cannon
Thought:
Look at Romans 11:33 this morning. "Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable His judgments and unfathomable His ways!" Have you ever thought about this verse? 

God's wisdom and knowledge are deep and rich. We hear about deep thinkers--but none compare to God. We hear about how deep scientists, theologians, economists, doctors delve into wisdom and understanding. We cannot even talk to them--they speak a different language. Imagine a dinner conversation with Stephen Hawking--we have nothing in common and the thoughts that he has are so far above anything I can think. I can't carry on a conversation with him. My son is an electrical engineer. He tries to explain what he does at the nuclear power plant. I just listen without understanding.  All of us have tried to talk to someone and ended up saying--it's Greek to me. Even trying to understand our grandchildren as they explian our computer or smart phone baffles us. 

Now think about God---His wisdom, His understanding, His knowledge are all encompassing. There is no end, no bottom, nothing He does not understand, see and grasp. So here is the amazing part--we can communicate with Him--He can speak to us in words we understand. He can explain things and allow us to see into His reality. And we do not have to go elsewhere for knowledge or wisdom--He has it all and reveals to us what we need to know.

We cannot understand some of His ways. We understand what God chooses to reveal to us. But some things we just can't understand--His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts. I praise God that He does not tell us everything, but only what we need to know for a life filled with joy and peace.  

If I can just get this--He has all wisdom and all knowledge. I don't. He loves me and reveals what I need to know.  And I trust Him for everything else. That leads to a life of joy, peace and contentment. 

Blessings
Larry

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