THE DEAD CIRCUS

            As a special treat, a teacher took her class to visit the museum of natural history. The children returned home very excitedly, and, rushing into his house, one of the little boys greeted his mother exuberantly, saying, “What do you think we did today, Mother? The teacher took us to a dead circus!”

            I know not how the world will end, and I think no one else does either. We do our best to interpret the clues the Bible gives us. Yet, I suppose, we in our limited understanding are as disconnected from the true work of God toward the fulfillment of his Kingdom as the children were from the exhibits of the museum of natural history. 

            What we see of God's movement is awe-inspiring. Yet, it may not be what we think it is.

            Perhaps we all could use a dose of humility when it comes to teaching about the end of the world… as we know it.

 

Story Source: Edmund Fuller

"He is going to get there, isn’t he?"

            A. Scott Berg, in his biography, LINDBERGH, tells about the time that the great aviation pioneer, Charles Lindbergh, took his family to see the movie THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS. The movie chronicled Lindbergh's courageous flight alone from New York to Paris, becoming the first human to ever cross the Atlantic Ocean in an airplane.

            Because Lindbergh was such a public figure, his children grew up knowing the story of his famous flight. One day, Lindbergh, his wife, and their three youngest children, quietly attended a screening of the movie in a New York City theater.

            The audience was captivated by the drama. Halfway through the movie, during a moment that was especially tense, Lindbergh's 11-year-old daughter clutched her mother's arm and asked, “He is going to get there, isn't he?”

            I absolutely love that story. It illustrates for us the Christian life. Lindbergh's daughter intellectually knew how the story would end. However, she got caught up in the tension of the moment, and emotionally it was very challenging for her.

            I think it's the same for us as Christians. Intellectually, we know how God's story will end. However, we get so emotionally caught up in day-to-day living, that it is easy for us to wonder, “Jesus is going to get here, isn’t he?”

            Yes, Jesus said he would come back some day; Jesus is going to get here.