Insightful Musings on the Scriptures
by
Raymond P. Sparre
Northwest University class of '67
Good morning, dear people.
Another hot day ahead. I just did a little jog around our place again—this time without Becki since she’s preparing for her Bible Study time at Woodburn. There’s a lot on our plates for the day. In keeping with a commitment I made to the two little boys coming tomorrow, I will need to set up the little swimming pool. So little boys can combine their water time between creek and pool.
Have a nice day.
Love, Dad/Ray.
I’m sure you have noticed that whenever someone visits the clinic or hospital, one of the first things the tending nurses will do is check the pulse. The pulse rate is, of course, a measurement of how many times the heart beats in one minute as it pumps blood through the body. It is a very important indication of the health of the patient. If the pulse is too slow or too fast, it will give meaning to the doctor in diagnosing the condition along with prescription and treatment.
It did not take “Doctor Jesus” very long to notice an unhealthy spiritual and intellectual pulse in the two disciples that He met on the road to Emmaus that day. After listening to their brief description of their sick condition, Jesus exclaims to them, “How foolish you are, and how SLOW OF HEART to believe all the prophets have spoken!” And He began to administer the medicine of the Word.
Let’s be reminded that you and I are incapable of actually controlling the pulse of our physical hearts. It is an automatic physiological miracle that God has established in our living bodies. But we are given a large measure of responsibility over our psycho-spiritual pulse. Notice that Jesus pinpoints the main cause of their unhealthy condition. He says, in so many words, “You fellows have not been eating right, which allows your disappointments and anxieties to give you indigestion along with an unhealthy pulse.” What is the implied remedy for this very common ailment? KNOW GOD’S WORD AND BELIEVE IT. It will prevent us from developing this faith debilitating condition—SLOW OF HEART.