Monday, October 29, 2012

10/29/12

"You mean," said Lucy rather faintly, "that it would have turned out all right-somehow? But how? Please, Aslan! Am I not to know?"
"To know what would have happened, child?" said Aslan. "No. Nobody is ever told that."
-Prince Caspian Chapter 10

What if I wouldn't have gone to community college for 2 years?
What if I wouldn't have gone to Ohio State for 2 years?
What if I wouldn't have worked at the law firm?
What if I wouldn't have quit the firm?

Who would I be if I didn't do things I did and did things I didn't do?

It is not for us to know.

Still it is rather interesting. Who I am is determined on my environment. All things equal if I'd been born in N'Dola Zambia I would be a different person. My character would not be the same. All things equal if I'd been born in 1887 I would be a different person.

Who are we Abba?

Are we our actions?
Are we our soil?
Are we our culture?

If placed under different circumstances would we become different men?

I suppose this sort of thought process is futile.

No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Mammon. That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear. Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?
-Matthew 6:24

I am set free from worry by Jesus. I am set free from the what ifs.

This Colorful World - Eliot Morris