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Hi Phil,
thought provoking, and very true.
Vinny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 12:12 PM
Subject: Empty Faith
> EMPTY FAITH
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> By
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> Phil Scovell
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> COPYRIGHT 1994
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> By Phil Scovell
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> My attention was always arrested by a huge transparent bin of
> chocolate candy kisses as a child. It stood pretentiously in the
> center of the dime store that we often frequented. It looked, as
> a kid, the height of a man and must have been at least four feet
> in diameter. "How much would all those cost?" I used to wonder as
> I stood in front of the huge display and dreamed of eating all of
> those chocolates one at a time. "I could climb inside that big
> barrel and be buried alive in sweets," I mused.
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> One day I was in that same store with my mother and after
> searching for some things on the second floor of the department
> store, we walked down the steps to the main level. There was the
> giant bin of candy chocolate kisses but someone had forgotten to
> replace the lid. I looked right down inside the large container
> and could clearly see that the barrel was hollow. The immense
> container had a cylinder of cardboard rolled up inside. Only
> about two or three inches of candy lined the clear plastic walls;
> making passersby think the transparent drum was filled with the
> candy kisses. It was a fake! Somehow, though the barrel still
> contained lots of candy, I found myself disappointed.
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> Years later I thought of that experience. It was so
> challenging as a little boy to stand in front of that monstrous
> display of sweet candy and try to imagine its worth. The little
> drops of chocolate were so numerous, their sweet scent was almost
> overwhelming. The lights danced off their shiny foil wrappings
> and made the display seem so much more spectacular. Imagine my
> disappointment when I discovered it was really only partly there;
> the whole barrel really wasn't filled with candy; most of it was,
> in fact, empty.
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> I wonder if God sometimes looks down from above and discovers
> all the shine and glitter, not to mention the sweetness, is only
> on the outside; the center being empty (void) of what is seen from
> without. If so, why not be filled with Him so what is seen is the
> whole of God's presence in our lives.
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> I Flew Kites With Jesus
> www.SafePlaceFellowship.com
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