SCOTTISH VILLAGE OF FINTRY

THE Scottish village of Fintry had an unofficial slogan. “Out of the world and into Fintry.”

As beautiful as the village is, we can be sure the slogan was referring to the peace, beauty and scenery – the things of God’s world – that surrounded it. While the “world” was the industrial mess we made.

Instead of the occasional holiday in nature’s tranquillity, wouldn’t it be better if we brought more of God’s world into ours?

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THE sloping stone steps led to the riverside. It had been raining for two days. Rivulets gathered from every direction and gutters overflowed. For that day, the steps became a waterfall.

“Wow!” one observer exclaimed, looking for the best angle to take a photo.

“Ridiculous,” another was heard to say. “The council ought to clear the drains. Those folk with clogged-up gutters ought to be fined!”

It was the same scene and two different responses. A dramatic, unexpected waterfall, or a chance to complain? We choose how we perceive the world. We might at least choose a way that makes us happy and content – even when it’s raining!