Dynamic Equilibrium

If even it takes the form of a paroxysm of total recall from middle school years and all the awkward, shameful, lame dynamics of such, you may recall learning in your science class of the state of aqueous fluids separated by a semi-permeable membrane that flux individual ions but maintain virtually equal salinity regardless is known as the process or state of dynamic equilibrium.   Maybe you didn’t, but you sure know how to make paper airplanes and paper footballs or MASH foldable paper games.  Or maybe you didn’t have either, but you are an expert on the subject of the back of your eyelids, which are particularly good visors to block the visible light being radiated by your teacher at the front of the classroom…now only if you could have found something so obscure as to block the sound waves she was emitting.  Nonetheless, the principle of dynamic equilibrium is that while constant perturbations occur within the system, overall stability and net neutrality is maintained and can go essentially undetected to outside observers.  The point is not that changes are not happening – in fact, they are happening all the time and in a constant bombardment array that would seem chaotic if the entire system could be analyzed properly.  Much the same could be said of the lives of those who, though incessant fluxes and changes occur and jostle the otherwise seemingly neatly organized and airtight life, and who like everyone else experiences perpetual change, their overall status remains unperturbed.  They are not tossed to and fro by every wave of change and their lives are not capsized, though the waves are unrelenting.  They have an anchor for soul that is firm and sure, and though their ship undulates on the waves of life, it holds steadfast in the final assessment. “We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure…” (Heb. 6:19)