"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."
"Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry"
“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.”
I could go on citing more of his quotes. But I will restrain myself and give you just one more. In the following quote, Mark Twain got it wrong ... dead wrong. The quote concerns a certain book. Read on . . .
"It is full of interest. It has noble poetry in it; and some clever fables; and some blood-drenched history; and some good morals; and a wealth of obscenity; and upwards of a thousand lies."
You may have thought that he was referring to the Bible. And if you did - you are right. But Twain was wrong. The Bible indeed is full of interest and marked by noble poetry (consider the Psalms!). There is blood-drenched history within its pages (consider the Old Testament passages concerning the conquest of the Promised Land by the Israelites) .... and good morals (the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount for example). But the Bible is NOT a book of clever fables and a thousand lies. Nothing could be further from the truth. When one considers how the Bible, written across the course of centuries by forty different human authors from all walks of life still contains a unified story - it is truly an amazing book! A unique (read "one-of-a-kind") book! A book that tells the story of how God created humanity to manage his created order and enjoy a relationship with Him. However, humanity rebelled against the Creator. And yet God in love and mercy sent his own Son to redeem man from his rebellious ways. This same Son will one day return to establish His eternal Kingdom. That's the story of the Bible. And as history will one day demonstrate it is a story of a thousand truths!
Thanks for stopping by . . .
pj
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