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And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, to give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God, when the day shall dawn upon us from on high to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. (Luke 1:76-80) YEARS AGO I STOOD beneath the light of judgement at a dealership work bench. I worked that morning with my hands deep within a sinful looking Chevrolet Turbo 350 transmission case. The oil inside had been turned to a greasy brown sludge when the car had been rocked to get it free from the mud. I'd pulled the smoked unit out of the car in the late evening hours the night before, and had it on the bench. And then, the parts sat all night while I soaked new high performance clutch discs in fresh tranny fluid oil. While rebuilding the forward clutch pack, the next morning, I thought I'd asked my buddy a normal question |
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So Moses and Aaron said to all the people of Israel, At evening you shall know that it was the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your murmurings against the Lord. (Exodus 16:6-) |
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for the coming season. I turned to Aaron, the mechanic working next to me, and said... "What are you doing this Christmas?" I knew that Aaron went to church regularly. And I knew that just as I planned to go home and put up the tree to celebrate the holiday, Aaron would be knee deep in the religious ceremonies of his church. Aaron was an avid churchgoer and the church where he attended services was noted for its outside, live |
