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Celebrating
life with purpose, passion, and power an introduction
to God on the Net by CV Doner
From contemplative
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wisdom of the ages and the latest insights of science and philosophy
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August 25 , 2008
New ... Or Knew? By Monte Wilson
One day, David, the future King of Israel, heads over to take his brothers some food. As the boys are presently engaged as Israeli soldiers fighting the dread Philistines, David not only will get to serve his brothers, but, more importantly for our young hero, he will be able to witness the fighting first hand.
Once he arrives, David discovers that there is this humongous Philistine soldier, Goliath of Gath, chiding, condemning, and taunting the Israeli soldiers to a mano-y-mano showdown: winner takes all. As the Philistine is about 10 feet tall with armor that weighs almost as much as many of the Israeli’s (125+ pounds), no one seemed all that gung-ho to accept his challenge … Not on the 1st day of his challenge, not on the 1st evening of his challenge … not on the 7th day or evening … and this went on for 40 days, twice daily, with no takers.
Goal setting workshops are as numerous as the stars in the sky. Go to any book store and look at all the books that teach people exactly how to get where they wish to go, how to attain their desired outcome. Now, think of all the people that you know who have attended the workshops or read the books yet rarely attain their desired outcomes. What is going on here?
What is going on is the age-old tension between knowledge and action. For some reason, we humans are constantly tempted to believe that merely because we have mapped out where we want to go or what we should do that we actually are following the map.
“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.”
Albert Schweitzer
The Goat That Changed Everything
Note: Millions of African grandmothers find themselves suddenly responsible for their grandchildren who have been orphaned by AIDS - with no means to provide for them. This is the story of one Kenyan grandmother, Ruth, and how one goat changed her life and the lives of her HIV-positive grandchildren .
The two small children were sick and alone. Their mother had just died from AIDS and they had already lost their father. Now they too were HIV-positive.