This is a continuation of a series of
Lenten thoughts appropriate to the remembering our Christ with all the
awe He truly deserves.. Please consider sharing these Lenten thoughts
with a host of your friends.
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(Use in your personal or church newsletters)
These thoughts are added to each Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday)
(Scroll down to read previous thoughts)
(Use in your personal or church newsletters)
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We have a longer period of infancy than any other creature. Our brain less finished at birth.
And the molding of that life – a masterpiece or a mess – we take one baby step at a time. That is how it is. We have not just time on our hands, we have ourselves on our hands. And the powers of habit-making and habit-breaking that are always with us.
Harry Emerson Fosdick, a great preacher of not that many years ago, once wrote,
“Where others lie, we are clever: where others cheat, we are shrewd; where others are bad-tempered, we are righteously indignant.”
We do play such games with ourselves.
In the days of the Spanish Inquisition, one of the ways they used to break a man’s spirit, was to put him in a cell so small he could neither fully stand up nor lie down. In fact, he simple could not extend himself in any direction. They would leave him in this condition until he did one of two things; he either gave in or went mad.
This is what life is all about. We were made for extension, for improvement, for being a little closer to God and godliness today than yesterday. When we do not extend ourselves, we go a little mad.
And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
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We have a longer period of infancy than any other creature. Our brain less finished at birth.
And the molding of that life – a masterpiece or a mess – we take one baby step at a time. That is how it is. We have not just time on our hands, we have ourselves on our hands. And the powers of habit-making and habit-breaking that are always with us.
Harry Emerson Fosdick, a great preacher of not that many years ago, once wrote,
“Where others lie, we are clever: where others cheat, we are shrewd; where others are bad-tempered, we are righteously indignant.”
We do play such games with ourselves.
In the days of the Spanish Inquisition, one of the ways they used to break a man’s spirit, was to put him in a cell so small he could neither fully stand up nor lie down. In fact, he simple could not extend himself in any direction. They would leave him in this condition until he did one of two things; he either gave in or went mad.
This is what life is all about. We were made for extension, for improvement, for being a little closer to God and godliness today than yesterday. When we do not extend ourselves, we go a little mad.
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site or the One A Day site has met any of your needs share it with a
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And, yes, maybe they will back track a few weeks to read other of my musings.
DO YOU HAVE A BLOG OR FACEBOOK? IF YOU ENJOY THESE WRITINGS COULD YOU
CALL ATTENTION TO THIS BLOG? IF YOU DO, THANKS IN ADVANCE
CLICK ON THE TO RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SCREEN WHERE IT READS “CLICK HERE TO WATCH NEIL AS WESLEY, LUTHER, FRANKLIN & LINCOLN”…His presentations have been called equal to Hal Holbrook and were presented all over the world.
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