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| Description | "Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a rich man w hose ways are perverse." ~ Proverbs 28;6 A man is called to man hood defined by the life of Jesus Christ. Exciting but shallow pleasures, the kind that do not require us to worry a out some deep call to manhood, may disguise themselves as true happiness. Power, money, status, connect ions, achievement, success, possessions, food, sex, recreation: lots of things, many of them good in their place, get defined as the source of happiness. But none of these characterized the life of Christ. While these false pleasures make us feel good, they do not produce a contentment that survives loss, a joy that deepens through suffering, a humble confidence that persists through failure and setback. By going after these sources of pleasure, we reduce ourselves to puppets, supported by strings that, if cut, leave us in a heap on the ground. No man can be happy without living out the call to make visible that which is hard to see a... |
| Date | Thu, December 26, 2019 |
| Repeat Type | Yearly
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| Time | All day event |
| Priority | 5-Medium |
| Access | Public |
| Created by | DEFAULT ADMINISTRATOR |
| Updated | Fri, July 30, 2021 8:33pm GMT |
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