This thing all things devours:
Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;
Gnaws iron, bites steel;
Grinds hard stones to meal;
Slays king, ruins town,
And beats high mountain down.
– Gollum’s Time Riddle, J.R.R Tolkien
About tonight’s image. The truck is part of another old drilling rig. This one is in Victor, West Virginia. It’s been in this spot for as long as I can remember. I have watched it erode away from the effects of time and I suppose it was that observation that inspired tonight’s post.
I have been thinking a great deal about the passage of time and the true nature of eternity. I’m not sure that Gollum had it right. We perceive time from the perspective of a mortal. This means that we see the flow of time from the inside of the flow. We’re carried along with the current like a cork on the river with little or no control over the speed or direction of travel. We see only the river with its peaks and valleys. But God sees time from the outside. He sees where the flow starts and where it it ends. He knows our exact position at what we perceive as any given moment. He knows where the current will carry us. In God’s eyes, there is no difference between yesterday, today and tomorrow. Sometimes when we’re praying and searching for an answer we wonder why God hasn’t answered or why he allows suffering to go on for so long. I think that the truth is that he’s already acted on our behalf but the flow of time hasn’t carried us there yet. And, that if he had acted in the wrong spot the flow of time would have carried us away from his provision. It’s all a matter of perspective.
wow!! I just love your perception … the way you see things π
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Thank you Enni β€ I have given a lot of thoughts and prayers about this subject. It actually keeps me up at night and there's a lot that I have not been able to put into words.
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this means you literally had a beautiful time in convincing her π *_* β€
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We did. β€
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Yes, it really is a matter of perspective… and logical thinking which sadly people who are not faith oriented do not understand. Faith is called faith for a reason.
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This one was really hard for me to articulate. I left a lot of stuff out simply because I couldn’t find the right way to describe certain concepts.
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This post really opened up my eyes and also my mind a lot. Wow! You couldn’t have said it any better Lloyd. Hmm.
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Thank you Miss Tammy β€ I have Actually been losing sleep thinking about this.
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You’re so welcome, oh wow! No wonder why it came out so beautiful & profound.
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