A young man went for a walk to meditate. He soon found himself in a field of ripe pumpkins. Also in the field happened to be a great acorn tree. The young man observed the tiny acorns hanging down from gigantic branches of the tree. Then he glanced at the enormous pumpkins on the tiny vines. He meditated for a while, and then said to himself, "God made a mistake. He should have put the tiny acorns on tiny vines and the great pumpkins on the great branches." Pondering God's apparent mistake the young man took a nap and fell fast asleep under the tree. A short time later he was awakened as a tiny acorn struck his nose. He rubbed his bruised nose and wondered, "Maybe God was right after all."1

How often we think we know what is right, certain, logical, and repeatedly we have found ourselves t…