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Dear Willy,
Upon reviewing
your recent communication with me and others I am being reminded of an
experience of mine years ago when I first began studying organic chemistry at
the University:
Having been
brought up as a Seventh-day Adventist in a ditto community and transferring to
a worldly educational institution I had no idea what I was in for re my new
friends in college.
Having decided
not to be prejudiced about who and what they were all about I decided to accept
their invitation to a weekend party of theirs. I knew that they were making
their own refreshments… They had been requesting all in our class to contribute
some of the 98% alcohol we were using in lab, but having never before attended
a drinking party I did not understand the implications of that.
When I first
arrived at the party everyone was sober and my first impression was that we
were all going to have a pleasant and enjoyable evening
together, sharing valuable thoughts upon which we could all continue to
grow in life.
Unfortunately it
wasn’t long until we sat down at the table and the first drinks were being
served… I very quickly noticed how dull the conversation turned and before long
I left the party. It goes without saying that I never tasted any of their
alcoholic beverages.
Well, I never
attended one of those parties of theirs again… There was, and is, nothing of
value in such for me…
What I cannot
tell for sure from my point of view is whether you are drunk on similar
beverages as my fellow students at university were, whether you are drunk on
such wine as is being referenced in Revelation 14:8,
or both…
On the other
hand, being well familiar with the principle inherent in “it’s all in the eyes
of the beholder” and likewise the words of our Savior as recorded in Matthew
7:3-5 and Luke 6:41-42, I shall choose at this point to withdraw for the time
being from this dialog with you, while doing, as best I can learn how, as Noah did per the Hebrew within Genesis 6:8, “And Noah found
beauty in the eyes of Yahweh.” That is, upon beholding the reality of that
which is what it is and the ultimate beginnings of each and any particular, as
given by our Creator, I may learn also, as Noah did, the reality of whom I am
myself, my own weaknesses and my total dependence upon my Creator for any
insights into any and all truths and insights…
So, in the end,
whether it’s me or you, I must humbly beg for the witness of another, first of
all from my Father and ultimate Source, him that made heaven, and earth, and
the sea, and the fountains of waters.
Fare well, Willy!
I wish you only the best! And please, no offense! It could be me... and the
three fingers pointing back...
Peace, and with a
prayer,
Tree of Life ©