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RUNNING THE RACE

Anticipating the seemingly super-human effort of the athletes at the upcoming 2028 Summer Olympics, I have to think about the preparation and training that these men and women go through for such accomplishments to be possible.  They all start their training at an early age, and all commit their lives to becoming the best at his/her sport.  The hours and years that they each spend perfecting their technique and strengthening their body, as well as the personal sacrifices that each has made, have paid off in making them the best athletes in the world.    Thinking about the dedication and sacrifice of all the great athletes that will compete, I’m reminded of Saint Paul’s words in his letter to the Philippians where he writes, “ Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for Whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” (Philippians 3:8).   Fur...
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THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REFUSED

"The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.  This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes." (Psalms 118:22).   "Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?  For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.  He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not." (Isaiah 53:1-3).   It is incredible to think that the very children of God, the Israelites, who searched the scriptures continually and who looked for the signs of the coming of their Messiah, could miss His appearing altogether.  Even when they were told plainly that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God, they not only were blind to the facts and the prophecies, but the...
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THE FEAR OF THE LORD

"Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.  Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.  But where shall wisdom be found ? and where is the place of understanding ?  Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.  The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.  It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.  It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire.  Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding ?" (Job 28:1, 2, 12-16, 20).   In this 28th chapter of the book of the Bible that is named for him, Job is merely vocalizing something which men have wondered about since the beginning of their history on earth.  "Where shall wisdom be found?"  If metals, both precious and common, can be found in secret veins that run t...
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