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Sometimes we say this when someone we know does something that seems a little crazy or maybe even out of character. I have a brother that has run a couple of marathons, I won’t be surprised if he runs another one. However, if the other brother ran a distance race, I would definitely say, “He did what?!?”

We’ve been doing life together for over 40 years. If you know who is writing this blog, you know who “her” is. We had a ceremony in 1981 that established a covenant between us. We don’t have a ceremony every year, but we eat together often.

Symptoms that seem like a problem usually point us to the real problem. It seems like we’d want to deal with the problem but quite often we’ll choose relief from the symptoms rather than deal with the problem. For example, if we’re tired all the time, it probably means we need more sleep. But, if getting more sleep means we’ll have to stop playing video games, we’ll probably just drink some energy drinks.

Did that get your attention? The idea that we can take something back and make it great again is not limited to political posturing. Sports teams that are in decline get new coaches or new owners that promise to bring back the glory days. Businesses that are slumping get a new CEO who promises increased dividends and greater market share. The idea of taking something back and making it great again is actually a hi-jacked Christian truth.

For some reason, though we hear about violence almost every day in the news, we think it is strange when we read about it in the Bible. There are wars in several countries right now, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia and the recent war in Gaza has been in the news almost daily. People are dying. People are being maimed. Families are devastated with loss. Wouldn’t it be weird if a book that covers thousands of years of human history didn’t have any violence?