{"id":408,"date":"2009-08-18T15:05:59","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T19:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=408"},"modified":"2009-08-19T15:31:14","modified_gmt":"2009-08-19T19:31:14","slug":"sometimes-theres-no-good-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2009\/08\/18\/sometimes-theres-no-good-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes there&#8217;s no good choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We face choices every day &#8230; but sometimes it seems like you don&#8217;t have a good one. Even when things seem obvious at first. And that seems to happen to missionaries overseas a bit more.<\/p>\n<p>For example &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A missionary had a truckload of house-building supplies in a truck when he came to a river. There was a bridge &#8230; or he could ford the river. Well, of course he&#8217;d take the bridge, right? Take a look at the photos and guess which one he chose &#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_412\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-412\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-412\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/bridge1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"... or take the bridge\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/bridge1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/bridge1.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Take the bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-409\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-409\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/river-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Ford the river ...\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/river-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/river.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">... or ford the river?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">Or how about this choice, encountered on a shopping trip:<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_420\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-420\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-420\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/rice-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rice germs ...\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/rice-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/rice.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-420\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rice germs ...<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_421\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-421\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/water-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"... or used water?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/water-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/files\/2009\/08\/water.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">... or used water?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Make good choices, and as much as possible, pass on the bad choices &#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We face choices every day &#8230; but sometimes it seems like you don&#8217;t have a good one. 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