Huh?

Science and wisdom?

Well with the new year comes new resolve to improve ones self. In that effort I have stopped eating all of the food that I enjoy in favor of boneless skinless chicken, fruit, and vegetables. Now I always thought that the skin was the most interesting part of chicken. I mean without the skin KFC is nothing special. But, I'm told, repeatedly (and sometimes at knife point), that this is something that has to be done in order to look like the statues of David that you see running around. Well, they aren't exactly running around are they? But, and this is an important but, I get to wear clothes. That way I can avoid the obvious weather related deterioration that the statues have to go through.

No really, after a week of eating very uninteresting food, I can honestly say that I feel better. Now any one who sees me should ignore that carnivorous gleam in my eyes. It is really only that my mind is that much sharper...and attuned to the reality that I'm really hungry, and yes your book bag looks kind of tasty. Not to mention your hat. No really, I jest, my mind really is sharper and I am feeling a whole lot better. But I do have to confess that I miss eating beef, but this way I'm more protected against the "mad-cow" scare. And yes they found a cow with it less that 200 miles from here.

So in reality I could die a horribly confusing and wobbly death from pre-digested beef. So what's the point, I might as well not even try to be healthy. I guess this does parallel in a way Pauls discussion of sin and grace in Romans. Paraphrase, "so shall we sin so that grace may abound?" The answer to which is "certainly not." I suppose that the place I've come to, and I think a person must, is recognizing that plans are mine to make, but I do need to look God and trust him in the strides.

This doesn't mean I don't think wistfully about what I had and lost. And how much I took for granted what it was that I had but lost. And how easy it is to take for granted what you were taking for granted that was lost, but was once there, or was it? Truly I have made myself dizzy. Hopefully you aren't still reading this, after all, I was done making my deep point way earlier on.