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patterns of ink

How fruitless to be ever thinking yet never embrace a thought... to have the power to believe and believe it's all for naught. I, too, have reckoned time and truth (content to wonder if not think) in metaphors and meaning and endless patterns of ink. Perhaps a few may find their way to the world where others live, sharing not just thoughts I've gathered but those I wish to give. Tom Kapanka

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By Grace, I'm a follower of Christ. By day, I'm a recently retired school administrator; by night (and always), I'm a husband and father (and now a grandfather); and by week's end, I sometimes find myself writing or reading in this space. Feel free to join in the dialogue.

Wednesday, January 02, 2019

Past is Prologue

Most of us know more quotations from Shakespeare than we realize. "What's Past is Prologue" comes from The Tempest, Act 2, Scene I. 

In that play, Shakespeare's meaning was quite literal. He was telling the audience, "What you just saw in the Act I is the context for what you're about to see in Act II."

The quotation more often means: "History repeats itself. Past events help explain present news which, in turn, often gives a hint of what's to come." 

For my purposes here, the quotation reminds us that the sovereign God of eternity has forged the chain of time. Moments are not isolated points in man's existence. They are numbered and ordered like the stars in  Orion's belt. We do not always see God's big picture, but sometimes He gives us a glimpse. Enough to confirm that what some call random chance was planned from the beginning. In such moments, we stand amazed and humbled to be just one of the dots, just one willing spec in God's unfolding universe.

"And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." Phil 1:6 ESV

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