Could be that I've been scratching my head for weeks trying to figure out how to plumb a new drain hose through an unreachable bulkhead, or it might be that I've been cross-eyed for days trying to remember where I left the cut-out saw ... or it could have to do with a tortuous situation affecting someone I know.
No resolution, work-around or happy remedy seems even remotely possible, then suddenly a pre-dawn epiphany turns the Sandman's dust into pay dirt.
You know, sorta like what happened this morning.
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Might be easier to follow along if you read last night's post here first.
It occurred to me this morning that more folks believed in God, and had greater faith, back in the days when wind powered ships, when mules pulled plows and wagons, when horses pulled carriages and when a person's feet & legs did their commuting.
Before men invented engines.
Ocean-going steamships replaced schooners, tractors replaced mules and automobiles rendered carriages obsolete in just a few short years by the turn of the 20th century ... a time period that includes the emergence of Communism (1848), Darwinism (1860), and Freudianism (1895).
As if the invention of engines caused mankind to collectively sigh and murmur, "Thank God we're no longer dependent on him to move our loads and carry our burdens."
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- Air travel made faraway destinations seem closer, but had the effect of making God seem farther away.
- Cars make transportation seem faster, but the time we save leaves us too rushed and hurried to seek God.
- Satellites and digital phones make world-wide communication cheaper and easier than ever, but make hearing God over the interference and earthly ground noise more difficult.
- Access to the internet puts practically all of mankind's knowledge and wisdom at out finger tips, yet it seems more reliable to seek answers from Google than to find solutions in Scripture.
And that's what occurred to me today as I was waking up ... before all the inventions aboard starting making my life so much easier and more convenient.
