@savedbygrace saidIf I hadn't also suffered some brain damage, I'd point out something about exceptions and the rules they prove.
Wasn’t Stephen Hawking a quadriplegic? Was his life ruined? Was his life worthless? What about Charles Krauthammer? The guy wrote books, columns and was a political pundit on TV.
-Removed-God directs the affairs of man; as Joseph told His brothers, you meant it for evil and
God had other plans. The most important thing about time is to use it while you have
it; today is the accepted day of salvation; no one is promised anything more than
today, and many, even this day, will not live past the end of it. Imagine thinking you
have time, and suddenly you don't?
@kellyjay saidAlistair Begg sounds a bit like a glass-half-empty guy.
I read something from Alistair Begg that struck a chord with me; I am
paraphrasing him here.
We spend lifetimes living with the choices we have made. We have
built our lives as we desire, depending on how long we have lived
for decades, we reap the fruit of our choices. Yet, no matter how
honorable we have been, no matter how truthful, thoughtful, careful
to do the r ...[text shortened]... ur reputation on and on to where we could lose it all.
Life can be ruined due to a single choice.
