Shade Tree
Wisdom 6/9/15
Ever have one of those “Aha” moments
when you suddenly saw the meaning of something clearly. And you might have said
“Now I get it”.
That kind of thinking
goes back to the fifth century.
A political figure gave a gold smith
some gold and commissioned him to craft an ornament for his wife. When the item
was finished, he began to wonder whether the jeweler had used all the gold or
kept some for himself. He wanted to know if he had been cheated, and he asked
Euripides, a Greek Philosopher and
A mathematician,
[today he would be one of those Texas
Master Math persons],
To figure out
if he’d been given fair value.
Euripides puzzled over the problem,
and while he started take a bath he noticed the water rising, its weight
equaled his body weight, and he said “Eureka”, translated “I have found it”.
That’s the name of those “Aha”
moments. “Eureka” . And the reason he said that was because he was Greek.
We have moments like that quite often
during our study of the Holy Bible. There are passages that long seemed hard to
understand, and as we study, the moment arrives and we can say “Eureka”, Because the Holy Spirit has opened our eyes
to the truth that scripture teaches us.
And we can but thank God for each such
revelation to our blessing.
GPD 6/9/15
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