9. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. (Luke 6,38)

Did you ever realize how annoying different measures can be? Especially for me coming over from Germany to the U.S. - there seems to be no end of converting German measures into American ones and the other way round.
I'll give you some small tiny examples:

You measure long distances in miles, we do so in kilometers. Well, that's why I never have an idea how far the distance is between let's say Clinton and Chicago. So, 1 mile is 1.6 kilometers (actually, I like kilometers much more, just because 6.43 kilometers sounds a lot more than 4 miles when you're running on the treadmill right?). But it's not only about distances - also velocities always confuse me because driving one mile per an hour is much faster than driving one kilometer per one hour!
Well, let's move on. When I had to write my first essay, I was told to have margins of 1 inch each. However, my writing program only knows centimeters. So I had to find out how many centimeters equal one inch (it's 2.54 centimeters - I learned my lesson well!). And also, did you know that we got different sizes of paper? Over here, it's the letter format (meaning 8.5x11'') and we have the Din A 4 format (meaning 8.3x11.7''). That's crazy, isn't it? However, my writing program was at least smart enough to have the letter format.
Having no idea of distances expressed in miles, my problem with sizes of the body is almost the same - how should I know how many pounds I weigh and how many feet I'm tall? Well, in Germany I would use 1.79 m and 77 kilograms (well, if you want to know how fat I am you really have to look it up *gg*).
However, the problem with the body sizes doesn't stop here - what about the size of shoes? In German shoes, it's size 43 - when I bought some sneekers over here it was size 9.
When I knew that I would spend the winter in Mississippi, I had a look at the minimum temperature over here - and they showed it to me in ° Fahrenheit! That's again when I had no idea how cold or warm 32° Fahrenheit is. To me, it sounded pretty warm at first, but when I found out that 32°F equals 0°C - I was thankful to know that it means FREEZING! (32°C would mean almost 90°F!)
One last thing to mention is the measurement of liquids. You always use gallons when we use liters. Comparing the prize of gas to the German prize is therefore pretty difficult ;-) And did you even know that the American gallon has 3.78 liters and the British gallon even 4.54l? Well, if that's not crazy ...
I want to finish with - currency *gg* Back in June, one € was $1.6. This changed a lot and does so every single day (actually, this was even a worse thing to compare gas prices!)

What if we just changed everything: you adopt the € and the metric system - and the world would love you *lol*

Even though I used the verse from the Gospel of Luke only as a nice starting point, I really think that considering all these different measurements shows how often we use different "standards" in our everyday life. Unfortunately, these "standards" are not only different when you cross the Atlantic Ocean, but every single person has his or her own standard. So, if we all measure differently - whose standard is the one we should use? There has to be someone outside of this earth because we humans are not capable to have a neutral measurement system. Only one came from outside this world and gave us standards that will last forever.
Therefore, let's adapt to His.