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Here's a story I put on my Xanga site you can use.
And now for a story...
There is a theater in which a variety show is playing. There are musical acts, dancers, magicians, comedians, acrobats - one amazing act after another. Each act receives thunderous applause from the audience.
Suddenly, the show is interrupted as the theater manager steps onto the stage. Speaking calmly, not wanting to panic his patrons, the manager says, "Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that the theater is on fire. Please get up and move in an orderly fashion to the exits. There is plenty of time for you all to leave safely, but please do so at once."
There is a moment of stunned silence--and then the audience breaks out in laughter and applause. The theater patrons believe it's an act! They think the manager is a comedian!
"No! You don't understand," the manager says. "There really is a fire! You must get up and leave the building immediately!"
The patrons laugh even more uproarously, and they applaud and cheer even more loudly. The manager tries again to warn the people, but they will not believe him. Even when smoke and flames appear at the back of the stage, the audience thinks it is merely done for effect. The manager sees he can do no more, so he runs off the stage and out of the building. The audience meanwhile, hoots and cheers and claps in appreciation of the manager's "performance."
Seconds later, fire sweeps through the building, killing everyone inside.
And so will our age, I think, go down in firey destruction to the applause of a crowded house of cheering spectators.
-- Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855).
How do you approach your quiet times, or devotions with God. What about prayer? When, where, how to's, etc.
Leave off the "brain," and go straight for the remainder of the topic!!
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