Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Who is in control?
“Be joyful always…give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thes 5:16-18) were part of Paul’s instructions for living the Christian life. In this week’s Explore the Bible lesson, “How Can I Handle Life’s Uncertainties,” Solomon says much the same thing in Eccl 9:7-10 where he tells us to simply enjoy life. However, because life is unpredictable, we attempt to reduce uncertainty by creating an illusion of control. For Step 2 of the lesson, illustrate illusion of control by repeatedly tossing a coin and calling heads or tails. Initially, the random results may look like you can choose to toss “heads” instead of “tails”, for example. The reality is, however, over a large enough sample size, you will toss an equal number of both choices. Discuss with members situations where they feel in control, but the reality is God is in control.
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Illusions of Control
At this very minute my wife is having a "bunko" party (can a babdist do that?). There are 12 women sitting four to a card table, rolling three dice (with red sixes) trying to roll any combination of sixes. There are a variety of rolling techniques as there are women. All of them think they can influence the roll. If after a while no sixes come up the technique will change. One woman has yet to win a game. You should see the gyrations she is going thru. I quoted Prov. 16.33 and told them that God is apparently not happy with some of them ;)
We think we have more control than we actually do. Ever stand at an elevator and incessantly push the button?
HaHaHa! But are they enjoying themselves? I imagine they are.
Hey, take a quick video using your digital camera and play it for your class on Sunday!
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