What did the old nursery rhyme say? The cow jumped over the moon? I looked real hard, but there was no cow in the air Saturday night, as we drove home from Thanksgiving in Kentucky. At dusk, the view from our windshield displayed a glorious picture of a big amber globe complimenting an azure sky. But alas, no bouncy bovines!
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That night, as I tinkered with my new camera, my son flicked on the television. Rubbernecking, I could see he was watching Frankenstein Meets The Wolfman. The programmers must have aired it to coincide with the full moon. If you know the story behind the making of that film, Bela Lugosi's voice and the subsequent editing seriously compromised the movie's potential. (Boris Karlov was the quintessential Frankenstein Monster.) I liked Lon Chaney Jr. as The Wolfman, and those were top-rate special effects in their day. One review suggests that it was ultimately Lugosi's foolishness that led to this movie's shortfalls. Me? I think it was the Hungarian villagers' song that we had to endure just before they were attacked by big Frank..
Speaking of lunatics, Einstein defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Such was the case in the life of the biblical patriarch, Jacob. His biography reads more like an antihero than holy man. His life's actions continually betrayed a misplaced trust. Over and over again, he did things according to schemes he devised himself, as if anyone could possibly concoct a better plan than God's! Sadly, today's saints are probably more like him than we might like to admit. Thanks Chosenrebel, for pointing this out. I hope I respond wiser, humbly yielding to God's sovereign will..
Image by... me! I took it Saturday night with my new camera. Thanks again, Randy!!!
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