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BUILDING A BETTER LIFE
Today’s Message of Encouragement from Discovering a BETTER LIFE MINISTRIES
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(John 10:10)
(Ron Bainbridge Editor) (March 10th, 2020)
BUILDING A BETTER LIFE
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven stages.”
Those familiar words are found in Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” Act 2, Scene 7. In the lines that follow, Shakespeare tells about the infant, the schoolboy, the lover, the soldier, the justice, “the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,” and the second childhood. Another author has referred to the stages of life in a more contemporary manner:
“We pass on from charming childhood to the tender teens; then from the teachable twenties into the tireless thirties; then the fiery forties and the forceful fifties; then come the serious sixties, the sober seventies, the aching eighties, and finally death, the sod, God!” Friend, whatever method one may choose to describe the stages or periods of life, and no matter how challenging, exciting, happy, and rewarding each may be it is certain that each period will have its own crises. The truth is, that at no stage in the life of any individual is there an absence of tension or turmoil.
For instance, it is not easy for a baby to learn to walk, to talk, or to feed itself. And as we look back on our early school years, we may be tempted to think of them as simple and idyllic, but if we do, it is because we have forgotten the tears and fears, the uncertainties and frustrations which punctuated the happy and rewarding childhood experiences.
Later in life, it is difficult to remember the depth of the anxieties of our teen years, but no teen-ager is unaware of their reality. So it is with each of the other periods of life.
Throughout our lives, as we face the crises which may seem overwhelming at the moment, we feel a need for help. That help often comes in the person of a family member, a teacher, a friend, or a professional.
Sometimes we can solve our own problems. At other times we need to read and learn from others who have faced the same difficult situation and have successfully solved its intricacies.
However, for the deeper problems of life, there is one special source: the inspired Scriptures. And as we take the time to read and come to understand the principles which God has included in His divine Word, we can often see rays of light which provide the insights which help us know how to solve the problems in our lives.
“Life’s challenges are not supposed to
Paralyse you – they’re supposed to
Help you discover who you are!”
(Bernice Johnson Reagon)
I confidently believe that the truths of God have infinite value in helping us to survive the crises in each of our lives. In fact, this is the reason the DiscoveringA BETTER LIFE team present these messages of encouragement through our Daily Messages, along with our weekly radio broadcasts, as well as the resources we freely make available, which deal with some of the most serious trouble spots in life.
Friend, we share these messages with you in absolute confidence that they can be of great help to you in surviving any crisis in your life, as well as helping you to build a better life for yourself and your family.
We draw on many sources for ideas and suggestions, but we have found our greatest source of strength to be in the teachings of Jesus Christ, as found in the Bible.
Friend, if you are facing some crisis in your life at this present time and would like help to put your life back together, we'd like to help by sending you a booklet titled "DEALING POSITIVELY WITH CRISIS."
For your personal copy of "DEALING POSITIVELY WITH CRISIS," write to Discovering A BETTER LIFE, P.O. Box 1540, Albany Western Australia 6331.
Phone us on: (08) 98 418 418
Or Email us at: abl- alb@omninet.net.au
“The English word ‘Crisis’ is translated by the
Chinese with two little characters; one means
‘Danger,’ the other means ‘Opportunity.’”
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With warm regards and deep gratitude for your friendship,
Your Sincere Friend,
Ron Bainbridge
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