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----- Original Message ----- From: "Gwen Tweedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 10:03 AM Subject: {dbilg} Fw: Mens Email Devotional - Monday November 03, 2008 > > > Gwen From Wichita, KS > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TruthMedia Mens Devotional" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gwen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 6:40 AM > Subject: Mens Email Devotional - Monday November 03, 2008 > > > : > : > : FOREVER YOUNG > : > : > : ** Interested in learning new ways to share Christ with > others? Consider volunteer opportunities with TruthMedia > online! > : > : > : > : "Whoever tries to keep his life safe will lose it, and the > man who is prepared to lose his life will preserve it." > : > : Luke 17:33 (Phillips) > : > : "There are two ways to view life," Jesus is saying, "those > who protect it or those who pursue it. The wisest are not > the ones with the most years in their lives, but the most > life in their years." > : > : What Annie Dillard says about writing in The Writing Life > is true about life: "One of the few things I know about > writing is this: spend it all, play it, lose it all, right > away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later > place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it > all, give it now." > : > : There is a rawness and a wonder to life. Pursue it. Hunt > for it. Sell out to get it. Don't listen to the whines of > those who have settled for a second-rate life and want you > to do the same so they won't feel guilty. Your goal is not > to live long; it's to live. > : > : Jesus says the options are clear. On one side there is the > voice of safety. You can build a fire in the hearth, stay > inside, and stay warm and dry and safe. You can't get hurt > if you never get out, right? You can't be criticized for > what you don't try, right? You can't fall if you don't take > a stand, right? You can't lose your balance if you never > climb, right? So, don't try it. Take the safe route. > : > : Or you can hear the voice of adventure?God's adventure. > Instead of building a fire in your hearth, build a fire in > your heart. Follow God's impulses. Adopt the child. Move > overseas. Teach the class. Change careers. Run for office. > Make a difference. Sure it isn't safe, but what is? > : > : You think staying inside out of the cold is safe? Jesus > disagrees. "Whoever tries to keep his life safe will lose > it." I like the words of General Douglas MacArthur when he > was seventy-eight: "Nobody grows old by merely living a > number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. > Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles > the soul." > : > : Question: Are you ready to step outside of your safe zone? > : > : About the Author: Max Lucado > : > : > : Comment on the devotional blog. Interact with others who > are reading today's devotional. Visit > http://thelife.com/blogs/experience/devotionalformen/2008/11/03/forever-young/#comments > : > : Copyright > : This devotional is protected by copyright laws and may not > be reprinted or posted to a site without permission from > TruthMedia Internet Group. All readers are welcome to > forward the devotional to a friend or link to it. If you > would like to seek permission to reprint the devotional in > full, please see our guidelines: > http://tmdevotionals.com/men/reprint-permission/ > : > : > : > : ----------End of Newsletter Text---------- > : You are currently subscribed to the TruthMedia Daily Men's > Devotional as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : To unsubscribe send a blank email to > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > or visit http://www.tmdevotionals.com/unsubscribe and fill > in the required information. > : > : Feel free to forward this devotional to a friend. If you > received it from a friend and would like to subscribe, visit > http://www.tmdevotionals.com/subscribe and fill in the > required information. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.5/1763 - Release > Date: 11/2/2008 7:08 PM > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
