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LIFE
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Every day somewhere in Africa
A gazelle wakes up
It knows it must run faster
Than the fastest lion around
Lest it be eaten

Every day somewhere in Africa
A lion wakes up
It knows it must run faster
Than the slowest gazelle around
Lest it starve to death

Every day it does not matter
Whether you are a lion or a gazelle
Because you must run faster
Than the chores of life!

~Author Unknown~

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Who died on November 22, 1963?

Many will correctly answer, President John F. Kennedy But also on that day another person died who was mightier in God's kingdom. His name was C. S. Lewis.

His initials stood for Clive Staples, but to his friends he was known as Jack Born near Belfast, Ireland, in 1898, he was raised as an Anglican. But at the age of ten his world was shaken when his mother died of cancer. Jack wanted nothing to do with a God so cruel as to take his mother. By his early teenage years he had become an atheist.

Jack's spiritual pilgrimage back to God began in 1926 with a conversation with a cynical friend whose belief in the Trinity challenged Lewis's atheistic presuppositions.

Through the influence of various philosophers he read and conversations with his intellectual colleagues, including J. R. R. Tolkien, he began to realize that an absolute Spirit or God existed and that the events of the Bible had really happened.

By 1931 he had passed from merely believing in God to trusting in him as his Savior.

In 1941 Lewis burst on the literary scene with The Screwtape Letters. Books then began to flow from his pen at an amazing rate.

C. S. Lewis is considered the most influential Christian author of the twentieth century quite a leap from the atheism of his youth.

adapted from the The One Year Book of Christian History by E. Michael and Sharon Rusten (Tyndale) pp 654-55

The secret of the wardrobe..

"It was Tolkien (though not single-handedly) who made Lewis become a Christian, by convincing him that the ancient myths they both loved, about dying gods and the like, were God's way of preparing for the gospel."

An old idea, still alive..

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Amazing! I did this ages ago. I still feel like this. It is heavy, but something which probably needs to be implemented.

My pastor says, "Without proper planning and preparation, expect poor performance!", and, "if you've got a big idea; start off small!"

There are lots of other reasons. You start off small you can see the enemy clearer as you progress. You know your weaknesses, and where you've been caught out before.
Firstly, I have to organise myself with the theories I encounter. Then, I have to experiment with the theories of life, before I preach to other to do the same. If I don't do it, why be a hypocrite and tell others to?

Dont spend any-thing Day - November 26th 2005

With moving into a new flat with an old uni mate, expendature goes through the roof! I find spending money a necessity and even something I enjoy.. to a degree!
This should encourage (myself at least!) to stop falling under a 'spell' of consumerism, this month.

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