MESSAGE FROM THE RECTOR - August
2004
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved!" Jeremiah 8:20
When you haven't accomplished what you'd hoped for, regret becomes the major pastime. The electrician wishes he'd been an accountant; the accountant wishes he'd been a doctor. Maybe you planned to leave a legacy, but all you've left is a trail of unfulfilled aspirations.
Well, it's not too late! You just have to be prepared to pursue your dream, hunt it down, and pay the price to fulfil it. Don't listen to complainers who have settled for less and want you to do the same. Remember your goal isn't necessarily to live longer; it's to live to the max!
Charles Lindberg, the first man to fly the Atlantic, said, 'If I could fly for ten years before I was killed in a crash, it would be a worthwhile trade for an ordinary lifetime. Who values life more - aviators who spend it doing what they love, or misers who hoard it like pennies throughout their ant-days?'
Who knows, your whole life may have been preparation for this moment. Look at Winston Churchill; instead of retiring after World War II, he went on to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. When Heinrich Schliemann retired from business to look for Homer's legendary city of Troy - he found it!
Among the saddest words in Scripture are, 'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved!' Time passes ... days slip by ... so do it now while there is time!
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