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Having read this every January for 6 years now, I’m still blown away by the insight it gives and personal heart change it pursues and achieves.In the last chapter the description of a Christians embrace of their Heavenly reward is beautiful:
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“Live each day as if thy last” is a wise word from a hymn written in 1674 by Thomas Ken. The older we get, the more needful its wisdom becomes, and if we have not already taken it to heart, we should do so now.”
― Finishing Our Course with Joy: Guidance from God for Engaging with Our Aging
― Finishing Our Course with Joy: Guidance from God for Engaging with Our Aging
“To gain all we must risk all”
― My Reminiscences of East Africa: The Campaign for German East Africa in World War I
― My Reminiscences of East Africa: The Campaign for German East Africa in World War I
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory
“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
― The Lord of the Rings
― The Lord of the Rings
“There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilisations—these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—immortal horrors or everlasting splendours.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory
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