All Get What They Want...They Do Not Always Like It

In C.S. Lewis’ The Magician’s Nephew, Jadis (later to become the White Witch) steals and eats the fruit of life. She got what she wanted: long life, vigor, unmatched strength and power. She did not like it, however. Immediately, the fruit made her extremely pale, long term it brought pain and evil. She tempted Digory to steal some of the fruit to heal his mother. True to its nature, the fruit would have healed her, but because of its stolen nature, the healing would have been worse than death. Everything in life works according to its nature, but it is not always what we expect.

Head Lice and Idols

I was talking with some friends from church the other day about kids getting head lice at school. They mentioned that it seems like it is always the same family that starts it. They surmised the reason is because when that family finds out they have it, they treat the kids but don’t pursue it by deep cleaning everything in the house to completely rid the family of the pests. So every few months, one of the creatures would find its way back to one of the kids and hitches a ride to school, spreading them all over again.

That situation reminded me of what I just read in Judges 1-5.