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Impossibilities
(Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Coggan 1909-2000)
Indwelling
A minister was walking one day on the seashore in Northumberland (England) with his son. The boy had been questioning his father about a recent sermon on the indwelling of Christ. "I can't understand it," said the boy, "how can we live in Christ and Christ live is us?" As they walked along the minister picked up a bottle with a cork in it. He half-filled it with water, re-corked it and flung it into the sea. As it bobbed up and down he said, "There, the sea is in the bottle and the bottle is in the sea."
Jesus
A modern Jewish thinker criticises Jesus by saying: "Jesus was too familiar with God and too familiar with sinners.” To the Christian this is Jesus’ attraction.
Joy
A woman who attended the Billy Graham crusades in Britain in 1983 and saw the joyful crowds said: “Strange, I never associated God with joy before.” Now converted she says: “I am as happy as a lark!”
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Love “Do not waste your time bothering whether you ‘love’ your neighbour; act as if you did. As soon as we do this, we find one of the great secrets. When you are behaving as if you loved someone, you will presently come to love him.” (C S Lewis - British writer - 1898-1963) |
Maturity
There are four steps on the ladder to maturity: (1) the person who doesn't laugh at all; (2) the person who only laughs at his own jokes; (3) the one who laughs at other's jokes; (4) the mature man who can laugh at himself.
Mercy
| One night in 1935, Fiorello H La Guardia, mayor of New York went to a night court in the poorest ward of the city. He dismissed the judge and took over the bench. One case involved an old woman who was caught stealing bread to feed her grandchildren. La Guardia sentenced her to a $10 fine or 10 days in jail. As he spoke, he threw $10 into his hat. He then fined everyone in the court 50c for living in a city "where a person has to steal bread so that her grandchildren can eat." The hat was passed around and the woman left the court with her fine paid and an extra $47.50. |  |
Nature
And every common bush afire with God;
But only he who sees takes off his shoes,
The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries”
(Elizabeth Barrett Browning - British poet - 1806-61)
Nominality
"Some people have enough of religion to make them feel uneasy in a gambling joint, but not enough to make them feel at home in a prayer meeting."
(Rev. Sam Shoemaker - US Episcopalian minister, co-founder of Alcoholic's Anonymous)
Obedience
| “One word stands out from all others as the key to knowing God, to having His peace and assurance in your life - it is obedience”
(Eric Liddell - Scottish athlete & missionary - 1902-45 - featured in film ‘Chariots of Fire' |
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Opportunities
Two shoe salesmen were sent up the Amazon to cover different parts of the same area. After 3 days the first man sent a cable to the firm: "Returning home next plane. Impossible to sell shoes here. Everybody goes barefoot." Nothing was heard from the second salesman for almost a month. When his cable arrived it read: "Sales booming and prospects unlimited. Nobody has shoes here!"
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