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Two gentlemen were one day crossing the river in a ferryboat.
A dispute about faith and works arose, one saying that good works were of small importance and that faith was everything, the other asserting the contrary.
Neither being able to convince the other, the ferryman asked permission to give his opinion. Upon consent he said, "I hold in my hand two oars.
That in my right hand, I call 'faith'; the other, in my left, 'works.'
Now, gentlemen, please observe. I pull the oar of faith and pull that alone. See! the boat goes round and round, and the boat makes no progress.
I do the same with the oar of works with precisely similar results -- no advance. Mark! I pull both together.
We go on apace, and in a very few minutes we shall be at our landing place.
We go on apace, and in a very few minutes we shall be at our landing place.
So, in my humble opinion neither faith without works nor works without faith will suffice.
Let there be both, and the haven of eternal rest is sure to be reached."
On the 23rd of September, 1928, I became a part of this world. Not in 1898 as did my mother, or 1890 as did my father or 1859 as did my grandfather.
For whatever reason, in the halls of heaven it was decreed that this totally marvelous process called birth would be successful in my case those 83 years ago. I didn’t choose the day of my beginning.
But during the 25,550 days of the average lifetime I do get to chose whether I will give glory and praise to the worthwhile or the worthless. I do get to have a faith that is robust, ineffectual, or tattle-tale gray.
My email messages come through Earthlink which has a delightful program called Spam Blocker. It blocks all kind of email messages I have no interest in and which might create for me and my computer harm.
In the real world my faith can be considered my personal Spam Blocker.
I live in a changing culture and it is constantly sending me messages and spiritual and moral TRUTHS and there are viruses that would infect these positive messages if they are not blocked.
And yes, if I do not constantly make a joyful noise to my Lord many other less joyful or spiritually productive noises may come breaking through.
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