A Kaleidoscope Cafeteria

 

A Kaleidoscope Cafeteria

Genesis 11:6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.7 Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.8 So the Lord scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city.9 Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.

     Beautiful.  That’s what I call it.

     Sitting at my cafeteria table, I hear different tongues about me.  Peoples from all over the world like dining at our beef harvesting facility.  A testimony of the menu’s draw?  In the bigger room, we handle knives to separate lean from fat making educated cuts.  Differing ethnicities cooperate to get the job done.  The company emphasizes fair play with respect.  It works hard to harmonize the division God ordained.   

     Why would God frustrate languages?  He desires Mankind to be unified.  The Tower of Babel makes no sense if we stand in its shadow.  Out of darkness, He calls our understanding.

“now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”

     God halted organized crime.  Adam’s nature was passed down to those journeying from the east.  The tower showed unity achieved.  What would be next?   Tall gallows to serve the elite?  Although unified in speech, social stratification would define the ‘have’ and the ‘have nots.’  Future prejudice threatened to pit group against gathering. 

     The crowd proved ineffective.  Ignoring God’s command to fill the earth, they sought a city instead.  To subdue required a pioneering spirit.  God witnessed their progress and brought rapid judgement.  Like a cue ball to the rack, He struck them to disperse.  God in His provision, brought division.

     Beautiful still.  A kaleidoscope of peoples unique.  I listen to tongues of languages about my table. God has supernaturally separated the spectrum from one source, and I enjoy the variations.   

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