Life Is Lumpy

By Mike Benson (June 24, 2004)

Robert Fulghum, in one of his more recent books wrote,

"One of life's best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you having nothing to eat, if your house is on fire -- then you've got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat, and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference."

What I hear Mr. Fulghum saying is that we need to learn perspective. I believe he is correct. The Bible says, "For our LIGHT AFFLICTION, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen" ( 2 Corinthians 4:17,18; emphasis mine--mb).

Was that problem you had today really a problem, or was it just an inconvenience ( Hebrews 12:2,3)? Think about it.