blogger i am grateful -- Kerry i am asked for a definition of forever.
This is not a definition, and it's not original with me. I don't know where I heard or read it, (probably in a sermon) but I think it bears repeating, so here goes.
Suppose that there is a ball of iron, as large as the earth.
Suppose that, every 100 years, a bird flies past this ball, and barely touches it with a wing tip.
When that bird has finally worn away the entire ball, eternity will have just begun.
Thanks for reading. Perhaps you have a better definition/example. If you know a source, I'd appreciate it.
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The title is from Psalm 84:11.
The Wikipedia is usually a pretty good reference. I mostly use the World English Bible (WEB), because is public domain. I am grateful.
I heard a "Chinese saying" version once where instead of an iron ball it was a crystal mountain, and the bird was specifically a humming bird with a strand of fine silk in its beak, and it brushed the crystal mountain with the silk thread ...
ReplyDeleteAnd likewise I have no earthly idea where I heard the thing. I was little at the time. It's been awhile. :)
Take care & god bless
Anne / WF
Ah. So I'm not the only one who has heard something like this. Thanks, Weekend Fisher.
ReplyDeleteI have heard it as follows:
ReplyDeleteA sparrow makes its way across the country from the East Coast to the Pacific ocean and fills its beak with water, flies back to the Atlantic and dumps the water - repeats until the Pacific is dry, then carries it all back.
Isn't it amazing how there are things we cannot comprehend - things that are impossible to wrap our minds around. Earlier this week I was reminded again of the expanding universe (Red Shift...). I can understand in simple theory, but the more I think about it, the more incomprehensible it all becomes.
Thanks, Matthew.
ReplyDeleteIf we could comprehend all this, we'd be God, I guess.
Awesome... speechless...
ReplyDeleteYes, Kerry i am. Speechless.
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