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The old man rowed a small rowboat for transporting passengers. One day a passenger noticed that the good old man had carved on one oar the word "Faith," and on the other oar the word "Works."
Curiosity led him to ask the meaning of this. The old man, being a well-balanced Christian and glad of the opportunity for testimony, said, "I will show you." So saying, he dropped one oar and plied the other called Works, and they just went around in circles. Then he dropped that oar and began to ply the oar called Faith, and the little boat just went around in circles again-this time the other way around, but still in a circle. After this demonstration the old man picked up Faith and Works and plying both oars together, sped swiftly over the water, explaining to his inquiring passenger, "You see, that is the way it is in the Christian life. Dead works without faith are useless, and "faith without works is dead" also, getting you nowhere. But faith and works pulling together make for safety, progress, and blessing." One thing is for sure, we should, with vigor and enthusiasm, join the Psalmist and his thought, (Psalm 42) "As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God."
There is loneliness and some of you as you read this awoke in the middle of the night and thought how your checklist of friends and family had shrunk.
Death, sickness, too many have moved to another city or state...or for yet another reason, a friendship or relationship that was, isn't anymore. And it hurts and no, God has not died, but you have died inside.
Or, your health has been deteriorating and you see no light at the end of the tunnel.
Or, temptation is alive and well in the host of your days and you are weary from fighting it.
So then, what to do? Start a marathon session with your soul.
Catch up for lost time by talking and arguing with any parts of your soul that have started to drift.
Tell you soul to fill in the faithless gaps with God. Tell it once. Tell it a hundred times. Tell it a thousand times, if you must.
Why so much repetition? Because our faith in our God requires more than an occasional reference to it. "What a friend we have in Jesus?" Well now, don't we want to be around a friend, and refer to a friend more than occasionally? Christianity by Refex...new series began on Thursday July 28..and will continue each Thursday until finished.
Some recent topic titles on his other blog, Whrick's Writings are:ONE LOG ON A FIRE, TWO JOLLY GREEN GIANTS; LOVE AND FORGIVENESS, WISDOM IS
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During the days of his youth, this gentle giant did dally with Deism, but it must also be remembered that with passing years, spiritual wisdom took over. An ongoing controversy argues, he was not a Christian because he was never baptized or joined a church. It seems only fair to let his own words defend him against any who would doubt his faith. In 1846, with typical honesty he said what was and what wasn't. "That I am not a member of any Christian church is true, but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular..." It was not that he did not believe in Christ. He said he would gladly join any church that would not overwhelm him with dogma. So, it was not a cry against Christianity, but a cry against Christians who, with determined zeal, had split up into over three hundred recognized denominations. Though six foot four and weighing one hundred eighty-four pounds, Abraham Lincoln was never too big for his long-legged britches. He was not overly impressed with himself, always impressed by the works of the Almighty. In his growing up he knew little of the thin two hundred square mile strip of civilization hugging the eastern coast. He would, of course, live and die there one day, this man who would travel so far from the wilderness to
Washington. Would travel, but never alone, for his was a soul attuned to heaven.
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