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CCW GOLD MEMBER POETRY CONTEST WINNER Posts : 644 Age : 73 Join date : 2013-02-03 Location : Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Subject: Radical Change Mon Aug 24, 2015 7:24 am
Radical Change
Centuries have listened to arguments refuting the resurrection of Christ. There is the "swooning" theory; also the "corpse secreted away" theory. The suggestion of a bunch of lies and subterfuge committed by men who were purportedly the disciples of the Greatest and Truest Man.
But let us look at the these disciples. Competitive, presumptuous, argumentative, cowardly, prayerless, impatient, fleshly in their perception of the Kingdom. They deserted Jesus and fled from the Garden. Perhaps the seven saddest words in the Evangel:
And they all forsook him, and fled. (Mark 14:50)
I remember Presbyterian Peter Marshall (one-time chaplain of the U.S. Senate) making the following point in his bestseller "Mr. Jones, Meet the Master". These same men after the Resurrection appear fearless, mighty in prayer, bold in the face of hostile authorities, convicting in testimony, harmonious in purpose. In effect, newly made men, and at the front of the list Simon Peter. What could have caused the overwhelming change? Certainly not the death of their hero and the frustration of His every purpose.
He was risen, and they were charged with an energy and a confidence that were unstoppable in the bearing of triumphant News. Messiah who would suffer and overcome death, had in fact fulfilled every prophecy down to the very last detail.
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CCW GOLD MEMBER CCW SUPPORTER 2X POETRY CONTEST WINNER Posts : 4323 Age : 64 Join date : 2011-08-30 Location : south carolina
Subject: Re: Radical Change Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:16 am
I "changed" a passenger side front tire this morning, it wasn't safe to repair because the leak was too close to the sidewall to patch. I purchased a new used riding mower recently, the old one had a deck that was too rusted to repair/weld and I could not locate a replacement for it, though the engine is still going strong. "Changed" We often have to "change" from dysfunctional to functional in "nouns" sense. People, places, things... Change is painful, difficult, arduous, but an essential fact of life we are hard pressed to easily accept.
Good post Doug, very thought provoking and essential.
Tears For Fears "Change"
You walked in to the room I just had to laugh The face you wore was cool You were a photograph When it's all too late It's all too late I did not have the time I did not have the nerve To ask you how you feel Is this what you deserve When it's all too late It's all too late Change You can change And something on your mind Became a point of view You lost your honesty I lost the life in you When it's all too late It's all too late We walk and talk in time I walk and talk in two Where does the end of me Become the start of you When it's all too late It's all too late What has happened to The friend that I once knew Has he gone away