Monday, February 8, 2010

Time for one of Terry's "Everyday Insights" from years ago.

SPLENDOR

There are certain times especially in our slack moments when work isn’t as pressing as at other times that we think about life and the world around us and sometimes become somewhat amazed or bewildered.
Just such a season has taken place in our home. It seems like everyday there is something brought to mind that when pondered really produces wonder as well as gratitude. The most recent one was the repair made o the telephone system. Have you ever wondered how a telephone works? How is it that the sound of ones voice can be relayed to a distant place with such speed that there is a continuous conversation no different than if at arms length? The clarity of the words is good, and you can receive and transmit at the same time and not jam the line.
There are many things like this. Here are a few other points to ponder.
Who was it that thought to break and egg, cook it and eat it, or who was it that figured; and what was the reason to think that grinding wheat would be beneficial and that it is possible to make bread, cakes, and other goodies?
Did you see conference on television or listen to it brought into your home by radio or view it at the stake center by satellite relay and transmission? What makes this possible? Is it not truly amazing?
Have you ever traveled by airplane, used your calculator or even turned o a light switch and wondered at it?
These are just a few things that seem amazing and that inspire gratitude from what must be a continuous divine tutelage for the benefit of man.

A thought to ponder.
By Terry, 9 Oct. 1984

Notice the date he wrote this. That was many years ago and we wonder and marvel at even more now.
Consider the fact that I can just post this here on the Internet for anyone to view at anytime they wish, and in any place they wish, depending mainly upon ones desire to have the Internet available to them and the means to pay for it. The possibilities are growing daily.

1 comment:

The Stanley's said...

It is always good to pause and think every now and then. We lingered for a while on your blog today and listened to "Angels Among Us". Thank you....