In Deutschland as the tale is told,
A clockmaker was growing old
After making near a thousand clocks
He was tired of all the ticks and tocks
He was satisfied with what he’d done
But had no desire to teach his son.
His clocks were made with love and skill
But of cuckoo birds he’d had his fill
So stepping back was his decision
And his clocks were built with such precision
That he hoped they’d run all by themselves,
And, as he looked upon his empty shelves,
With sadness and with pride,
He noticed that his only son was standing by his side.
The son looked up and saw a tear,
As his father said, “I won’t interfere,
My clocks will run, or they will not
*Ich bin nicht ein Wundergott
Und Ich hoffe sie verstehen
Meine Uhren müssen allein gehen.”*
Phil Lindsey May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015
May 7, 2015 at 12:49 AM UTC
In Deutschland as the tale is told,
A clockmaker was growing old
After making near a thousand clocks
He was tired of all the ticks and tocks
He was satisfied with what he’d done
But had no desire to teach his son.
His clocks were made with love and skill
But of cuckoo birds he’d had his fill
So stepping back was his decision
And his clocks were built with such precision
That he hoped they’d run all by themselves,
And, as he looked upon his empty shelves,
With sadness and with pride,
He noticed that his only son was standing by his side.
The son looked up and saw a tear,
As his father said, “I won’t interfere,
My clocks will run, or they will not
*Ich bin nicht ein Wundergott
Und Ich hoffe sie verstehen
Meine Uhren müssen allein gehen.”*
Phil Lindsey May 7, 2015
today- May 7, 2015 would have Mom's 83rd Birthday. She passed away last November. Not long before she died, upon being told she had inoperable cancer, she told the Dr. and several of her children that she had had a "Hellishly good life." She was a tremendous wife, mother and friend to all she met.
I believe in God, but, like all who lose someone they love, wonder why and how God administers His plan.
de·ism
ˈdēizəm,ˈdāizəm/
noun
noun: deism
belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe. The term is used chiefly of an intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th centuries that accepted the existence of a creator on the basis of reason but rejected belief in a supernatural deity who interacts with humankind.
It is sometimes referred to as, "The Clockmaker Theory," or "The Watchmaker Theory"
