MSN.com had an interesting and fun article. It was titled 20 Phrases Baby Boomers Say That No One Else Understands. In case you are wondering if you are a Boomer, you would need to have been born between 1946 and 1964. This means you are between the ages of 60 and 78. I missed this generation by three years and am considered a Gen Xer. However, I still knew every one of these phrases.
- Back in my day.
- Kids these days!
- Make it snappy.
- You sound like a broken record.
- Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.
- Burning the midnight oil.
- That’s the way the cookie crumbles.
- Not my first rodeo.
- Money doesn’t grow on trees.
- It’s six of one, half a dozen of the other.
- This too shall pass.1
Nine others made the list. I’ve said them and/or heard them all. How many of these have you heard and used?
This too shall pass is an encouraging phrase. And it presents an awesome truth from God’s Word. Luke 8:22-25 tells the story.
“Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. (23) But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. (24) And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he
arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. (25) And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him.”
We have to remember that the disciples were experienced sailors and fishermen. They had been on these waters before. They had faced their share of storms. Something was different, though, about this storm. Their lives were at stake and this had to be the worst storm they had ever sailed.
It’s easy for us to sit back and play the armchair referee. We have the vantage point of the situation being completed. We want to shout, “Relax, guys! Jesus already said that you are going to the other side of the lake. And, Jesus is in the SHIP! Just sit back and enjoy the ride. The storm didn’t come to stay. It came to pass.”
Great advice. So, what’s our problem? Why don’t we take our own advice? Jesus is in the “ship.” He is in our hearts if we are born again believers. The “lake” is life and Jesus has already told us that we are going to the other side. He forewarned us that storms were going to blow.
But this too shall pass. The storms of life didn’t come to stay. They came to pass. And we will soon be on the other side.
1https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/20-phrases -baby-boomers-say-that-no-one-else-understands/ss-BB1hH5BM?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=e93623a16a3e47a2a55b09cc963063b6&ei=53#image=1
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