Forbearance

Life is boring without anyone to
appreciate our surroundings.

I finally got the blog set up the way I want. I would not have succeeded without the Lord; things fell into place without much struggle, and that is a blessing.

As near as I can tell, night was invented for torture, but out of the tumbling and yelling, the answers to questions appear. It is like a rock collector putting promising stones into a tumbler to tumble for hours and hours. The result is smooth and shiny and beautiful; beautiful enough to make them worth quite a bit of money. Sometimes, though, it is hard at first, to appreciate being in the tumbler environment, but as the stones bang against each other, their beauty is revealed. 

It is too bad that human beings don't appreciate each other more. Out of the appreciation rises growth and maturity and the answers to questions. I find the thought of mutual annihilation abhorrent, and I believe the Lord is trying us; He has not ended the trial with a hung jury. Since  wars can still break out, we ought to be careful we don't annihilate each other. There are weapons enough to do it, but woe unto them who refuse to refrain from using them. 

If we can come to mutual agreements, we can get to see who else is out there because they cultivate forbearance, and I think that is worth a lot.