There are over 1.5 million geocaches and 5 million geocachers in the world. Just in case you might not be familiar with it, it is basically a game where people hide things for other people to find. Geographic coordinates are posted on a website and off you go for an adventure that can be as simple as finding a small container in a hole in a tree or as difficult as rappelling halfway down a cliff to find a plastic box in a crevice. It runs the gambit of being fun for families or challenging for thrill seekers.
Late this afternoon we found one that required three attempts. What was frustrating was the directions even told us it was beside a log and yet time and again we walked around and felt the very log with our hands to no avail. Finally my wife dragged a stick along the ground and suddenly heard a metallic clunk from under a bed of pine needles. There it was. Time and again my fingers had been a half inch away and I never perceived its presence.
There is a book that I continually read over and over. It is entitled The Desire of Ages, a biography of Jesus. The reason I keep reading it is because each time I discover something my mind previously missed. Suddenly something is there my brain failed to register in earlier readings. It has a lot to do with life and experience. Many things cannot be perceived if one isn’t yet ready. Our minds are like that. An artist can go to a museum and see a hundred things the rest of us don’t register. We aren’t ready. Reading Paul’s letters is like that. Treasure after treasure keeps appearing. There is no end to the maturing mind.
Written by Roger Bothwell on November 28, 2011
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