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On the way home from school after picking up my 14 year old daughter she asked, “Well, how does it feel to be 40?” I didn’t have an answer for her, but rather a question, “Don’t you mean from someone who is half dead? I mean if I’m really lucky I’ll live to be 80, so [...]  This morning I had coffee with a Brother in Christ. The discussion led to the difficulty of putting God in control. We both concluded that being a Christian is the hardest thing we’ve ever done. I’ve sat in church for years listening to various sermons on the difficulty of being a Christian and I spend years [...] My father sent me this list and I thought it worth passing on. Most notable to me are items nos. 5, 11, 17, and [...] My hero fell once, too. But He rose to become my [...] We all have one. These are the self-imposed, imaginary boundaries which usually lie in our sub-conscious that are constantly reminding us – through anxiety, stress, peace-of-mind, etc. – of our comfort level. It comes in many forms, though there is still just one Comfort Box. It shows itself when we’re driving through an unfamiliar neighborhood. [...] As I shuffle around the garage putting various items somewhere else they don’t belong, I see my neighbor drive up and park in his driveway. We make brief eye contact and almost simultaneously raise our arms in a “man wave”-type motion. “Hey, Bob, how are you?” “I’m good, and you?” “Doing good, thanks.” Why did [...] |
Dan Brown; Doubleday 2009
 Tyndale; Tyndale House Publishers 2007
 J. R. R. Tolkien; Ballantine Books 1986 |
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