We all look for a...
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We all look for a forecast that we can trust. Some people look for financial forecasts, for experts to tell them which way the stock market is going to move. In college, one of my economics professors warned us to never trust an old stockbroker. The professor was not trying to be critical of all older people, because he himself was near retirement age at the time. But his point was that if the stockbroker knew what he was doing, he would have already made his own fortune and would not be there trying to sell you some stock.
High school seniors turn to books that claim to predict employment trends. But I know that when I started college in 1982 many freshmen were rushing to become chemical engineers, because that was where the jobs were and that was where the money was. But by the time the four years of college were over, the job market had changed, and there were almost no employment opportunities for chemical engineers. Instead it was the electrical engineers who were now in demand.
Another prediction that we all turn to each day is the weather forecast. Even if we do not have any plans to go outside, we seem to get some satisfaction from being able to know what the next day's weather is going to be.
The predictions that we rely on can never be fully trusted. But in the Transfiguration, Jesus gave his disciples a sure indication of what the future was going to hold.
-- Bowen
High school seniors turn to books that claim to predict employment trends. But I know that when I started college in 1982 many freshmen were rushing to become chemical engineers, because that was where the jobs were and that was where the money was. But by the time the four years of college were over, the job market had changed, and there were almost no employment opportunities for chemical engineers. Instead it was the electrical engineers who were now in demand.
Another prediction that we all turn to each day is the weather forecast. Even if we do not have any plans to go outside, we seem to get some satisfaction from being able to know what the next day's weather is going to be.
The predictions that we rely on can never be fully trusted. But in the Transfiguration, Jesus gave his disciples a sure indication of what the future was going to hold.
-- Bowen
