Grief

Sometimes the news comes quick. Sometimes the news comes slow. No matter how or when it comes, grief travels in the wake of the news. Grief is heavy, weighty, a burden, especially when it involves someone deeply loved. Grief is not meant to be carried alone. It’s too heavy and may last a while—and that’s ok. That’s what family and friends are for, to share the load. Jesus stood outside the tomb of his friend and wept but He did not weep alone. It was a deep, human moment. “ Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted ” (Matt 5:4). If anyone knows how we feel in grief, it’s Him. But His grief did not linger long, as at the mention of his name, Lazarus came forth. We are not meant to dwell in grief, but should leave room enough for it. Let it run its course. Like the song says, “ Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain .” Another song says, “ The storm We will dance as it breaks The storm It will give as it takes And all of our pain is washed away Don't cry or be afraid Some things...

Giraffe

 If one were to write on an animal, one would be hard-pressed to choose one on which to write. One might simply write on one’s favorite animal, but to do so is challenging for the poor critter won’t hold still long enough to draft as much as a sentence, for he will be agitated at the constant poking of my pen. Joking aside, if one more to write about an animal, one would be inclined to comment on the giraffe. The second runner up would be the platypus. 

Charles Darwin held the opinion that the giraffe only has the long neck because the animal was the champion of natural selection. In other words, over the course of time the giraffe gained advantage over animals with much shorter necks in the race to reach food. Gary Larson illustrated his theory (below). I have so many questions.



In the race for food, how did the species not die of starvation? Was the tongue already developed to be tactile for harvesting before or after the neck elongated? If a stronger circulatory system is required to pump blood to the brain at the end of that long neck, how many giraffe heads exploded from the pressure when bending down for a drink of water before the circulatory system evolved the safety measures that prevents such a disaster? I’m just wondering when evolution is going to do something about that 6-8 foot drop to the ground at birth.

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