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Wake Up Call

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  An American went to Scotland.   He was walking with his Scottish friend through a beautiful mountainous area.   The Scottish friend produced a sound.   The same sound was echoed 4 minutes later.   He asked the American friend if that was possible in American mountains.   He replied this is not a surprise.   Whenever I go to bed I will open my window and shout towards a mountain far away, “It’s time to wake up” then go to sleep.   Exactly eight hours later the same sound will come back to wake me up. This may be a joke.   But we need a sound, a wakeup call to wake us up in Christian life. It is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.   The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

Starting a Day

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  Every day morning a deer used to think that I must run faster than the lion or I will become prey for the lion.   In the same way a lion used to think I must run faster than deer or I will have to go hungry today.   Whether I am a deer or a lion is not important, but every day are we starting to run early.   Every morning as soon as we wake up we must run towards our loving God so that He will fill us with Divine Grace good enough for the day.   This metaphor suggests that just as the deer and lion prioritize their respective needs for survival, humans should prioritize their spiritual well-being by seeking divine grace. God gave manna to the Israelites in the desert.   They have to wake up early in the morning and gather the manna before dawn.   If they are late they will lose their daily bread.   This is how God trained them.   In our life every day before dawn we are supposed to run to the Throne of Divine Grace so that God will supp...