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| Pyramid Falls, B.C. |
First . . . a fine photograph thanks to my brother Phil in Vancouver.
Next . . . this curious proverb to go with it:
Cast your bread upon the waters; you will find it again after many days.
Ecclesiastes 11:1-2
And with that, my dear readers, I invite you to help write today's post.
► What do think this proverb means?
► Have you ever experienced this to be true?
► Doesn't it seem a bit chancey to take risks like this?Please share your thoughts in the comments below. A quick sign-in and a spam-screen question - and you'll be casting your food-for-thought upon the wonderful waters of the blogosphere!.
The proverb is echoed in the modern colloquialism: "What goes around comes around." While the proverb is generally expounded to infer the return of good that was first cast, the modern, also echoes another ancient proverb that expresses the more complete thought: "Whatever a person sows, that is what they will reap".
ReplyDeleteThese tie wonderfully into the endless water cycle. As the cascades (root word: cast) of Pyramid Falls make their way to the Pacific they serve a variety of purposes, (photo opp, environment for returning salmon, playground for adventurous kayakers, life-giving sustenance for modern forests), but eventually it all ends up being evaporated by solar power, moved on the wings of the wind to condense and cast again upon the very rocks of Pyramid Falls.
Likewise, our "bread" (be it for good or ill) serves many a purpose and in some means or another returns to us, but always in the form it started. Ill never returns as good. One cannot achieve blessing by cursing.
Whatsoever we sow, we will reap.
Part 2:
ReplyDeleteI see I didn't answer the last two questions:
Do I experience this in my life: Yes, always, both good and ill, unfortunately more of the later than the former.
Is it chancey to take this risk? Absolutely and not at all.
Absolutely because it wouldn't be chancey if it wasn't a risk. But the person who won't risk failure, achieves it.
Not at all because if we desire to reap goodness and blessing, we must sow blessing. What risk is there in that? Only the risk that as humans, we tend to sow ill rather than good.
The risk is us, not the principle of casting and receiving.
Dan,
ReplyDeleteHey, Dan, I like that picture of the flowing water providing a path for the returning salmon who in turn cast their eggs upon the river.
I sent my email before reading this ! Sorry i can't manage an original thought !!
ReplyDeleteFurther to our conversation last night, as soon as I read the title of this blog entry I was reminded of this song by the Imperials way back in the early 70's, Bread upon the water.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9V8R_I3OSY
In answer to question 3 the song would suggest that we do need to take the risk and to continually cast our 'bread on the water' if we expect to see God work in our lives.
Bryan thanks for hte link - that's a trip back!!
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