"Lightly men talk of saying what they mean. Often when he was teaching me to write in Greek the Fox would say, 'Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you really mean; that's the whole art and joy of words.' A glib saying. When the time comes to you at which you will be forced at last to utter the speech which has lain at the center of your soul for years, which you have, all that time, idiot-like, been saying over and over, you'll not talk about joy of words. I saw well why the gods do not speak to us openly, nor let us answer. Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?"
- Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
What lies at your core, in the very heart of your being? What motivates you? Is it the law of nature - dominate or be dominated - or does the aspiration for truth, beauty, and love, or belonging, inspire and define you?
Know for certain that life is a test which will soon disclose in totality, for all of God’s infinite creation to see, the nature of the person that you truly are! Step warily! A glorious or fateful Eternity – yours – hangs in the balance!
What we accomplish in the few decades of our earthly life pales in comparison with even the smallest consideration of our life and legacy in ETERNITY!
As the Scriptures state in Proverbs 4:14-18:
“Do not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on. For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble. For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.” (emphasis added)
FOUR CAUTIONS:
1. As in every genuine test, there are trick questions.
2. Little is as it seems, and nothing is yet in its final form.
3. Keep an open mind but never settle for half-truths or allow yourself to be swayed by mere personality or eloquence.
4. Give your best effort, and reveal your noblest self, knowing that your all-wise Creator watches your course and He has promised to reward every man and woman according to their deeds!
OUR PURPOSE - OUR QUEST
1. To seek - until we find - the Truth regarding life’s ultimate Questions.
2. To find out who JESUS is.
3. To discover the source of all of our deepest longings...
...and their fulfillment - in God Himself!
- UNLESS WE FAIL THE TEST! -
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