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Our lives are shaped by our years,
Our years are shaped by our months,
Our months are shaped by our weeks,
Our weeks are shaped by our days,
Our days are shaped by our hours,
Our hours are shaped by our moments,
Our moments are shaped by our decisions.

II Corinthians 5:17

Ben-Hur

Read Ben-Hur in early 2014. Could not put it down. 

From ODB 1-12-15.

In the years following the American Civil War (1861–1865), Union Major General Lew Wallace served as a governor of the New Mexico territories; New Mexico not yet having been admitted as a state. His work there put him in contact with many of the characters that make up the Wild West’s near-mythic history, including Billy the Kid and Sheriff Pat Garrett. It was here that Wallace wrote what has been called by some “the most influential Christian book” of the 19th century, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.

Wallace witnessed the worst impact of sin on humanity as he saw the violence of the Civil War and the Wild West. In life and in his best-selling book, Wallace understood that only the story of Jesus Christ has the power of redemption and reconciliation.

For the follower of Christ, the climax of our lives was the moment God “delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins” (Col. 1:13-14). Now we have the privilege of being storytellers of God’s wonderful redemption.

Lord, please take control of my words today.

Fill me with Your words of love and grace.

Use them to turn some heart toward You.

I can do nothing without You.

The difference Christ makes in your life is a story worth telling.

Things

God nowhere tells us to give up things for the sake of giving them up. He tells us to give them up for the sake of the only thing worth having - viz., life with Himself.

My Utmost... OC 1.8.15

Isaiah and the Uncommon

Peter and the Uncommon

Uncommon

If we have never had the experience of taking our commonplace religious shoes off our commonplace religious feet, and getting rid of all the undue familiarity with which we approach God, it is questionable whether we have ever stood in His presence. My Utmost... O.W. 1.3

The Bible In One Word - Redemption

Redeemed, how I love to proclaim it!

Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb;

Redeemed through His infinite mercy—

His child, and forever I am. —Crosby