Yea, this in him was the peculiar grace (Hearten our chorus!) That before living hed learn how to live No end to learning: Earn the means firstGod surely will contrive Use for our earning. Others mistrust and say, But time escapes: Live now or never! He said, Whats time? Leave Now for dogs and apes! Man has Forever.-excerpted from A Grammarians Funeral by Robert BrowningThe lines above are taken out of a poem written by Browning about a scholar who was convinced that he needed to understand life before he lived it. So he locked himself away and devoted himself to study until his health failed and he died.Those who are bearing his coffin are praising him in that he had "no end in learning" and was willing to pass by the "now" of life for the "forever" of true understanding.This is a classic dilemma that we all face, is it better to live one's life than to understand one's life? It seems the grammarian chose poorly yet there is something commendable about his devotion to understanding.In Christ,Ron
_________________Ron Halverson
Hi Ron,I read somewhere that our concept of discipleship is all too often one of sitting in school behind a desk learning, learning... whereas in fact our Lord's disciples were more like apprentices-- out there in the world learning right on the job.Allan
_________________Allan Halton
I read somewhere that our concept of discipleship is all too often one of sitting in school behind a desk learning, learning... whereas in fact our Lord's disciples were more like apprentices-- out there in the world learning right on the job.
Ron said, "I know that my heart aches for the reality of all that God has promised in the New Covenant, for the reality of LIFE."Mine too, brother. It's interesting to note the reaction of the people when Jesus cast out demons. They said, "What doctrine is this?""And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authority commandeth He even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him" (Mk. 1.27).