Help me with some spiritual thoughts

[jfrog]

No offense but I'm always bothered by this. I know the same type of thing is done in literature classes when they examine a story. It's like every piece has some greater significance. However, I'm persuaded that the authors of those stories rarely had such an intent. I suppose it's through this same idea that I view taking bible stories and applying them so haphazardly to everything. That is while it certainly makes an interesting point to preach on when taking a story such as this and tying it into the resurrection or some other important biblical principle, it never adds anything new to those principles. The reason it never adds anything new is because we map the story to our beliefs, so that ALMOST whatever belief structure one comes with, there will be a way to map a story to some belief there. I guess all I'm trying to say is be careful and do not let such connections persuade you about the truth of anything. Preach on them all you want (they certainly make interesting messages), but don't take seeing such connections as a sign from God that they actually exist.