Man, says Job, is born for trouble as the sparks fly upward. I love this KJVism, which has entered into the popular consciousness probably because it is so obviously true. Man seems to have a penchant for getting into trouble in every culture at every time in every place. This seems to be his nature.
As followers of Christ this fits entirely within our worldview based in the sinfulness of man. One of the beautiful and satisfying things about Christianity is that it fits the world as we see it better than any other worldview. Man is born for trouble? Yep, we expect that because "In Adam's fall we sinned all." The sparks are ever flying upwards wherever Man is? Of course, that is because wherever Man is he is rebelling against God. This does seem to produce sparks!
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