Acts 17:15, 22 - 18:1 / John 16:12-15
There’s a poem by an unknown author. It is called ‘The Folded Page’ and it is reproduced below.
Reading the poem brings back memories of the past, especially those days in school when we did what the poem said.
Whatever we couldn't understand or couldn't get done, we just folded the page down and maybe come back to again some other time.
We may not have our old school books anymore but we have memories of how we were not able to comprehend things at an earlier time and now we have come to a better understanding of it.
In the gospel, Jesus said that He still have many things to say to the disciples but it would be too much for them now. But when the Spirit of truth will lead them to the complete truth.
We too may not understand a lot of things that are happening now.
But with prayer and being open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, we will be able to slowly understand the mysteries of life and the will of God.
Let us also keep faith in the Lord that He will reveal His plans for us in His time.
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‘The Folded Page.’
‘Up in a quaint old attic,
As the raindrops patter down,
I sat paging through an old schoolbook –
Dusty, tattered, and brown.
‘I came to a page that was folded down,
And across it was written in childish hand:
‘The teacher says to leave this for now,
’tis hard to understand.’
‘I unfolded the page and read.
Then I nodded my head and said,
‘The teacher was right: now I understand.’
‘There are lots of pages in the book of life
That are hard to understand.
All we can do is fold them down and write:
‘The teacher says to leave this for now,
’tis hard to understand.’
‘Then someday – maybe only in heaven –
we will unfold the pages again,
read them and say,
‘the teacher was right, now I understand,’
‘When it comes to the death of the person
Whom we are laying to rest today,
About all we can do is fold down the page and write
‘The teacher says to leave this for now,
’tis hard to understand.’