LIFE LIFE IS ONE BRIEF SPARK BETWEEN TWO GREAT DARK ETERNITIES. ARMED ONLY WITH THE TOOLS OF REASON AND AN UNQUENCHABLE THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE WE MUST HACK AND HEW FROM THE GRANITE FACE OF REALITY AN EXCUSE FOR OUR EXISTENCE. AT THE FIRST REALIZATION OF COGNIZANT THOUGHT THE UNCHARTED OCEAN OF UNCERTAINTY STRETCHES BEFORE US. IT IS GOD'S DIVINE PURPOSE THAT WE HAVE AN IMPERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF OUR TOTAL PURPOSE, THUS WE ARE DRIVEN BY OUR NEED TO KNOW, TO EXPLORE - FROM THE INNER SPACE OF OUR MOST PRIVATE THOUGHTS TO THE SEEMINGLY ENDLESS HORIZONS OF OUR UNIVERSE. THE WORLD ITSELF CAN BARELY CONTAIN THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED AND WHILE WE CAN MOST OFTEN MINUTELY EXPLAIN THE "HOW" OF THINGS , THE "WHY" SEEMS TO CONTINUALLY SLIP BETWEEN OUR FINGERS. EACH OF US IN OUR OWN WAY FORTIFY OURSELVES WITH CUNNINGLY CONSTRUCTED DREAMS AND EXPECTATIONS. USING THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF CAUSE AND EFFECT WE CEMENT THEM INTO PLACE WITH THE MORTAR OF INTERPRETIVE BEHAVIOR UNTIL WE SCULPT A SHIELD OF RATIONALITY TO INSULATE US FROM THOSE ACTIONS AND CIRCUMSTANCES FOR WHICH WE HAVE YET TO DEFINE A PURPOSE. AT CERTAIN TIMES REALITY WILL SCUFF ASIDE THIS SHIELD WITH THE IRON BOOT OF INDIFFERENCE AND WE ARE FORCED TO EXAMINE THE FRAILTY OF OUR FORTRESS. I AM CONVINCED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE STEPPED BEYOND THE PALE OF DEATH ARE CONSUMED WITH THEIR DESIRE TO IMPART TO US THEIR NEW FOUND KNOWLEDGE AS THEY TASTE THE SWEET SAVOR OF CERTAINTY OF PURPOSE. WHATEVER WE MIGHT THINK, WHEREVER IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS AND IN WHATEVER PIGEON HOLE EACH OF US HAVE PLACED OUR LIFE AND TIMES - THE REALITY OF "WHY" WILL COME AS AN ICONOCLAST . FOR EACH OF US AT THAT TIME THE MISERY WILL BE OVER. ONLY THEN WILL WE BE IN A POSITION TO PREACH THE GREATEST SERMON OF ALL " LIFE'S FLEETING MOMENTS " AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS OF CONSTANT AND VIGILANT INVESTIGATION I AM IMPELLED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOTHING WHICH HAS COME WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF OUR EXISTENCE HAS ANY MEANING EXCEPT IN ITS RELATIONSHIP TO THE BIRTH, LIFE, DEATH AND RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST. IT IS AXIOMATIC THAT NO HUMAN BEING MAY HAVE PERFECT KNOWLEDGE OF ANOTHER'S THOUGHTS. WE SHOULD THEREFORE DIRECT OUR ENERGIES NOT TO THE DISSECTION OF ANOTHER'S LIFE BUT TO FULLY ILLUMINATE THE DARK CORNERS OF OUR OWN SELF DOUBT WITH THE ETERNAL LIGHT WHICH GOD HAS SHED ABROAD IN THE HEARTS OF MANKIND. I WILL TAKE A RISK AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US. "LET US BE UP AND DOING, EVER VIGILANT, OUR HAND TO THE PLOW, OUR FACE TO THE RISING SUN -UNTIL THAT GREAT AND NOTABLE DAY WHEN CHRIST HIMSELF SHALL CALL US TO THE MARRIAGE SUPPER OF THE LAMB, WHERE THE MAIN COURSE WILL BE LARGE SLICES OF TRUTH CARVED WITH THE SHARP TWO EDGED SWORD OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND SERVED ON PLATES OF REALITY. THIS IS LIFE - UNTIL THAT DAY
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