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OUR DAILY BREAD                     Tuesday, July 26, 1994
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Read:  Hebrews 12:25-13:6

                        "FROZEN SNOWBALL"

                 Since we are receiving a kingdom
                which cannot be shaken, let us have
                 grace, by which we may serve God.

                         - Hebrews 12:28

Baseball pitcher Tug McGraw had a wonderful philosophy of
pitching.  He called it his "frozen snowball" theory.  "If I
come in to pitch with the bases loaded," Tug explained, "and
heavy hitter Willie Stargell is at bat, there's no reason I
want to throw the ball.  But eventually I have to pitch.  So
I remind myself that in a few billion years the earth will
become a frozen snowball hurtling through space, and
nobody's going to care what Willie Stargell did with the
bases loaded!

We know, of course, that the Bible tells us the earth will
someday "melt with fervent heat"  (2 Pet. 3:10).  Yet
McGraw's point is valid: We need to keep life in perspec-
tive.  Many things we worry about have no eternal signifi-
cance.

The writer to the Hebrews was concerned about our perspec-
tive.  Throughout the letter, our eyes are turned away from
earth and toward heaven.  Unless we are people whose minds
are one heaven, we will be of no good of earth.

There will come a time when the earth will be shaken, and
things that once seemed permanent will be gone (Heb. 12:27).
What you fear most today will be forgotten like yesterday's
headlines.  What matters most is what you do today that has
a touch of eternity about it.

Author:  Haddon W. Robinson

        Nothing is lost that is done for the Lord,
        He will approve and repay;
        O for a heart that is willing to serve,
        Laboring while it is day!

                                                - Anonymous

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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The one who lives for this life only
   will have eternity to regret it.

The Bible in One Year:  Isaiah 58-60

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