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03/13/2002 Entry: "Half full?"

In a discussion group today a glass of water was placed at the centre of our circle and the question was put: "Is it half full, or half empty?" The answers given seemed to depend on 3 things - personality type (optimist/pessimist), what kind of day we'd had (how's the world treating me?), and what we thought we'd want to use the water for (is there enough?).

Then we looked at a variety of pictures clipped from recent newspapers and magazines and asked a similar question - does this picture illustrate a hopeful situation or not? Sometimes it wasn't easy to decide, and in more than one case a false assumption about the context of the picture altered perceptions about the hope it presented. One striking image was of asylum seekers trying to climb the fence at the Eurotunnel terminal to gain entry to Britain. As we read together the story of Abraham welcoming 3 strangers at Mamre (Genesis 18) we were thrown back to the newspaper image and wondered what it said about our hospitality to strangers. It was in that encounter with strangers that Abraham received the promise of a son to Sarah. It's a story that points forward to the fulfilment of God's promises and the salvation of the world, a story of great hope. Definitely half full then.

Yup - http://www.skettymethodist.welshnet.co.uk

Posted by Richard @ 03/14/2002 12:27 AM CST

Does your church have a webpage?

Posted by Joel W @ 03/13/2002 11:45 PM CST