Ambiguity

For some peculiar reason, last night I started speculating about how different song titles could be ambiguous:

I still haven’t found what I’m looking for could be about a man’s search for his car keys, or about a phone call from a lengthy shopping trip to explain why they will be late home.

Whatever you want could be a generous statement to a loved one, or it could be a grudging statement to someone who is fed up with an indecisive companion.

Fix you could be a repairperson’s statement of intent when confronted with a broken item, or it could be about taking a cat to the vet for ‘that’ operation.

Ambiguity can be funny, but can also be distressing. If you have a satnav you don’t want it to say, “It’s around here somewhere,” you want precise directions. If you are going to meet someone in a busy place you want to know how you will recognize them rather than wander around aimlessly looking hopefully at people and getting some strange looks back at you (yes that has happened to me).

And when it comes to matters of eternal destiny do you want to hear, “Well you might be okay,” or, “Today you will be with me in Paradise?”

Christians can be accused of arrogance compared to other faiths because we are confident of our eternal destiny, but Jesus was quite clear that through faith in him we will receive eternal life. If we have any doubt it is about our own indecisiveness, not about his failure to offer certainty.

Be blessed, be a blessing.