Sunday, July 15, 2001
Sunday, July 15, 2001
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
We can draw two conclusions from this little piece of news. First of all it reveals to us the wall of
fear which the Soviets had built around themselves. But we see here also a very important
question. The question is one that Pontius Pilate asked in his confrontation with Jesus. "What is
truth?" How can I know what to believe in today's world? How can I know whom to trust?
Reading our Bibles will give us the answers.
(Psalm 119:105
NRSV)
Sometimes fact IS funnier than fiction. According to an article in the New York TIMES, in the
past authorities in the Soviet Union have been deliberately sabotaging their own maps of the
Soviet countryside. Rivers, bridges, cities and coastlines have all been shown in wrong locations
on maps or deliberately drawn incorrectly. Distance scales have been an absolute joke. Soviet
theory, apparently, was that these errors made these maps useless to spies, invading armies, and
the navigators of enemy bombers. Unfortunately, though, the maps were also pretty much useless
to tourists and Soviet citizens.
Loving God, fill me with your truth, as I read and study your word. Amen.
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