As a kid, I loved any type of book that connected to the mysterious or unexplainable. My grandmother used to give me a quarter to run down to the old country IGA store (Independent Grocers Alliance for those of you not aware) and get some candy or ice cream. I usually ended up getting a "Ripley's Believe It or Not" comic book. I wish I still had those. I wish my grandma was still here. I wish a quarter could still buy something. I can at least rent a grocery cart at Aldi. Many of those old comics dealt with things like Big Foot, the Lochness Monster, or ghosts, especially ghosts associated with the sea. God's honest truth...there was a ghost that haunted the lighthouse in Presque Isle, Michigan. She could be seen walking the grounds and down by the shores of Lake Huron or up in the glassed area where the search light was. Shivers my timbers. It was, of course, a demonic manifestation.
I could deal with things on the land but in the water...I still have nightmares of seeing "Jaws" in 1975. I won't take a bath without a harpoon nearby. Why would you swim out in the ocean at night when there is a perfectly good, lighted, and overly chlorinated pool so close by? Everyone knows that sharks feed at night, close to shore, especially on full moons, and next to buoys that have bells. If you can't see what's in it, don't go in it. It's how I had my first experience with leeches in a very brown colored ditch, but that's a farm story for another time. Lesson learned.
In ancient times there was a worldview that demons inhabited the water. It was the place where evil originated in some form of underworld, watery Abyss. It was know as "Chaos." A strong word meaning, "out of one's control." One might recall the 17th century connection to Davy Jones' Locker. Also called "the place of the Devil, the spirit of the sea."
The Bible talks a lot about chaos. In fact, its mostly about chaos - a material world in chaos, relationships in chaos, internal chaos.
Revelation speaks about the Antichrist coming up out of the metaphorical sea (Chapter 13.1). Once again, it was a place of chaos, a place of fear, a place of the unknown, a place where one cannot see what is beneath, a place where a person feel helpless.
Chaos. It feels like we are in a never-ending cycle of this lately, doesn't it? This week our attention was focused on yet another disease - social chaos. The media calls it "race" but I have news for the them - there is only one "race" - the human race. It is more accurately called, "Ethnic Prejudice." Which in the end, is the solution to this whole problem. Black, white, brown, yellow, red, and purple...they are just differing amounts of melanin. People are reacting to real and perceived ethnic maltreatment or social/cultural misunderstanding. They protest. Others, wicked and evil in intent, riot, destroy, loot. Chaos.
And then there was the straight line wind and rain storm that hit today (Wednesday). It tore hundred year old trees from their earthly foundations, landing on driveways and homes of friends and neighbors. And if that wasn't bad enough, my recycling container is probably somewhere in New Jersey. Will it ever end?
Chaos. Another reason to stay home. Another reason to fear. Another reason to feel hopeless. Or...another reason to trust the One who can create something wonderful out of the dark, mysterious waters. Another reason to trust the One who can still the storms. Another reason to trust the One who will ultimately remove the sea and replace it with a firm foundation. Another reason to have hope in the coming Savior. Maranatha!
Believe it or Not.
Amen ...
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Praying for the day, my brother. Out of here...
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