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EPHEMERAL

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What is life? Whence does it come and where does it go? What is observable and evident is that life starts and ends. Cells develop from the moment of conception. From then on, human beings start hearing, seeing, touching, smelling, and tasting. Survival is their primal need. It is in their DNA. Experiencing life and learning from these experiences accompanies humans between life’s beginning and end. They interact with the external environment and others. They think, feel, and express their thoughts through actions. Actions reflect choices. Choices have consequences. Consequences are perceived as positive or negative, depending on each person’s convictions and values. And here is when life is no longer simply biological, but thoughts become questions: Does it matter how and why we act the way we do? How can we determine whether our actions and their consequences are good or evil, wise or foolish?   What is good? What is evil? What drives our actions? ...

Where is my hope found?

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What beautiful words in this hymn by Getty/Townend! To God be the glory for the hope it brings... In Christ Alone  In Christ alone, my hope is found, He is my light, my strength, my song This Cornerstone, this solid Ground Firm through the fiercest drought and storm. What heights of love, what depths of peace When fears are stilled, when strivings cease My Comforter, my All in All Here in the love of Christ, I stand. In Christ alone! - who took on flesh, The fullness of God in helpless babe. This gift of love and righteousness, Scorned by the ones He came to save Till on that cross as Jesus died, The wrath of God was satisfied For every sin on Him was laid Here in the death of Christ, I live. There in the ground, His body lay, Light of the world by darkness slain: Then bursting forth in glorious day Up from the grave, He rose again And as He stands in victory Sin's curse has lost its grip on me, For I am His and He is mine...