“. . .throw off everything that hinders us, especially the sin that clings easily, and keep running steadily in the race we have started” (Hebrews 12:1).
The famous director of suspense films, Alfred Hitchcock, was raised in the Church, but he somehow became disenchanted with religion and withdrew from membership. Once, in Switzerland, he was driving through the countryside with a friend. As they passed a Church, Hitchcock said to his friend, “Look! There is a frightening sight.” His traveling companion was surprised to see nothing more alarming than a clergyman with a Bible in his hand standing before a group of children on the Church lawn: a little outdoor Bible class. “Run, kids, run for your life,” cried Hitchcock out
the car window. “Run for your life!”
Ultimately, in God’s time, we all are destined to discover that even if we try to run away from God as though our lives depended on it, His Goodness and Mercy are still in hot pursuit, and…
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