| 'Mad as a March Hare!' |
 Madness! In March, hares go crazy with testosterone! Humans act similarly throughout the year! Genuine madness (lack of sanity) is never light or humorous. Madness, meaning uncontrolled anger (as in ‘fighting mad’), is frightening. ‘Enthusiastic’ madness (such as, ‘He’s mad about Manchester United’ or ‘She’s mad about fashion’) is something we encounter often. In 1720 Sir Isaac Newton said, ‘I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.’ He had lost a fortune when the South Sea Bubble burst. Maybe he was mad in parting with his money! Madness! In March, hares go crazy with testosterone! Humans act similarly throughout the year! Genuine madness (lack of sanity) is never light or humorous. Madness, meaning uncontrolled anger (as in ‘fighting mad’), is frightening. ‘Enthusiastic’ madness (such as, ‘He’s mad about Manchester United’ or ‘She’s mad about fashion’) is something we encounter often. In 1720 Sir Isaac Newton said, ‘I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.’ He had lost a fortune when the South Sea Bubble burst. Maybe he was mad in parting with his money! Many people simply see madness as acting without reason or contrary to it. That sounds reasonable! So why is this upside-down world so mad in failing to recognise or respond to life’s most vital, reasonable and urgent issue? Reasonable? Isn’t it reasonable to: • know your destination before going on a journey? • be prepared for a certain bad event? • take sound advice from the leading expert regarding your welfare and future? • ask people who have succeeded or benefited in life how they did it, so you can do the same? • consider it madness to answer ‘NO!’ to those questions? Check this out • If I wouldn’t take a flight without knowing where I am going, shouldn’t I know where I’m going after my ‘flight’ through life is finished? • If I recognise that ‘one in one will die’ (GK Chesterton) and that I don’t know when my turn will come, shouldn’t I trust Christ now to be ready to go through death’s valley to the other side with the Good Shepherd? • If I want to know for sure about death and beyond, shouldn’t I pray to God to make it clear to me and read carefully what He says about it in the Bible? • Wouldn’t I be wise to go to a Bible-believing/teaching church where they encourage people to trust the Lord Jesus Christ as personal Saviour and Lord? Remember Jesus died on the cross to carry your sins and their punishment. He rose again. He lives today and forever. If you turn from your wrong doing, asking Him to forgive you and enter your life, you will:- • know you’re going to Heaven • face death with confident joy • be guided by God through the Bible • be part of the Christian family to encourage you! God says (Isaiah 1:18): ‘Come now, and let us reason together – though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.’ Gerard Chrispin |
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