DOES THE WORLD OPERATE ACCORDING TO JUSTICE? (5)
Does the World Operate According to Justice? (5)
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Job 22:1-31:40
Introduction
This past week the Edwards family was back at Virginia Beach General Hospital, the place where I had spent two weeks in the Spring after suffering a series of strokes. Fortunately, we were not there for me; praise the Lord for His abundant grace that my recovery has gone tremendously well. Unfortunately, though, we were there for Aiden to have his tonsils and adenoids out and have tubes placed in his ears. It was no surprise to find ourselves in the situation; Aiden has long battled recurring strep throat over the last year, and ear infections have been common for him since he was six months old. Poor little guy, it seems he is probably genetically prone to such things, as his daddy suffered from constantly ear infections as a toddler and had tubes placed as well.
There are, unfortunately for him, a lot of things that he has in common with his daddy. My mother has often told me that he is both the spitting image of his daddy and the personality and temperament copy of his daddy as well. In many ways this has proven to be useful, though, because I really get Aiden; I understand him because we are so similar. At the same time, it means that I have basically ended up copying everything my parents ever said to me and simply repeating them to Aiden. All the time I catch myself saying things to him that my parents said to me my entire childhood. Things like, ''Because I said so;'' ''stop playing at the dinner table;'' ''get off the back of the couch;'' ''Son, you are proof of the doctrine of total and radical depravity!'' You know how it goes.
We grow up hearing our parents give us countless unsatisfactory answers to what seems to us to be legitimate concerns and issues. Our parents never seem to give us the answer we want; and in time our kids never seem satisfied with the answers we give. ...
Series: Wisdom - Suffering, Thinking, Loving, and Living Authentically
Patrick Edwards
Job 22:1-31:40
Introduction
This past week the Edwards family was back at Virginia Beach General Hospital, the place where I had spent two weeks in the Spring after suffering a series of strokes. Fortunately, we were not there for me; praise the Lord for His abundant grace that my recovery has gone tremendously well. Unfortunately, though, we were there for Aiden to have his tonsils and adenoids out and have tubes placed in his ears. It was no surprise to find ourselves in the situation; Aiden has long battled recurring strep throat over the last year, and ear infections have been common for him since he was six months old. Poor little guy, it seems he is probably genetically prone to such things, as his daddy suffered from constantly ear infections as a toddler and had tubes placed as well.
There are, unfortunately for him, a lot of things that he has in common with his daddy. My mother has often told me that he is both the spitting image of his daddy and the personality and temperament copy of his daddy as well. In many ways this has proven to be useful, though, because I really get Aiden; I understand him because we are so similar. At the same time, it means that I have basically ended up copying everything my parents ever said to me and simply repeating them to Aiden. All the time I catch myself saying things to him that my parents said to me my entire childhood. Things like, ''Because I said so;'' ''stop playing at the dinner table;'' ''get off the back of the couch;'' ''Son, you are proof of the doctrine of total and radical depravity!'' You know how it goes.
We grow up hearing our parents give us countless unsatisfactory answers to what seems to us to be legitimate concerns and issues. Our parents never seem to give us the answer we want; and in time our kids never seem satisfied with the answers we give. ...
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