Thursday, January 24, 2002
Thursday, January 24, 2002
Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be
united in the same mind and the same purpose.
Bill Cosby has a wonderful routine that has been circulating on the Internet. He says,
"Whenever your kids are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought that even God's
omnipotence did not extend to his kids. After creating heaven and earth, God created Adam
and Eve. And the first thing he said to them was: 'Don't.'
'Don't what?' Adam replied.
'Don't eat the forbidden fruit,' God said.
'Forbidden fruit? Really? Where is it?' Adam asked.
'It's over there,' said God, wondering why he hadn't stopped after making the elephants. A few
minutes later God saw the kids having an apple break and he was angry. 'Didn't I tell you not
to eat that fruit?' the first parent asked.
'Uh huh,' Adam replied.
'Then why did you?'
'I don't know,' Adam answered."
"God's punishment," says Cosby, "was that Adam and Eve should have children of their own.
Thus the pattern was set and it has never changed." But there is a reassurance in this story.
If you have persistently and lovingly tried to give them wisdom and they haven't taken it, don't
be hard on yourself. If God had trouble handling children, what makes you think it would be a
piece of cake for you?"
(1 Corinthians 1.10
NRSV)
Paul was writing to a church in conflict. Conflict is a very real part of life, isn't it? We have
conflict in church. We have conflict in the workplace. We have conflict in our homes.
Dear God, thank you for loving me in spite of my rebelliousness. Amen.
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