Eternity is a sea without bottom and banks. After millions of years, there is not one minute in eternity wasted; and the damned must be ever burning, but never consuming, always dying, but never dead. The fire of hell is such, as multitudes of tears will not quench it, length of time will not finish it; the vial of God’s wrath will always be dropping upon a sinner. As long as God is eternal, He lives to be avenged upon the wicked. Oh eternity! Eternity! Who can fathom it? Mariners have their plummets to measure the depths of the sea; but what line or plummet shall we use to fathom the depth of eternity? The breath of the Lord kindles the infernal lake (Isa 30:33), and where shall we have engines or buckets to quench that fire? O eternity! If all the body of the earth and sea were turned to sand, and all the air up to the starry heaven were nothing but sand, and a little bird should come every thousand years, and fetch away in her bill but the tenth part of a grain of all that heap of sand, what numberless years would be spent before that vast heap of sand would be fetched away! Yet, if at the end of all that time, the sinner might come out of hell, there would be some hope; but that word “Forever” breaks the heart. “The smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever.” What a terror is this to the wicked, enough to put them into a cold sweat, to think, as long as God is eternal, He lives forever to be avenged upon them!
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#1 · September 27, 2006, 12:48 am

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09.26.06

Low Tech

(Originally sent 04.23.01 - Rewritten for today.)

So Saul clothed David with his armor, and he put a bronze helmet on his
head; he also clothed him with a coat of mail. David fastened his sword to
his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. And David said to
Saul, "I cannot walk with these, for I have not tested them: So David took
them off. Then he took his staff in his hand; and he chose for himself five
smooth stones from the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag, in a pouch
which he had, and his sling was in his hand. And he drew near to the
Philistine. 1 Samuel 17:38-40.

In April 2001 there was a rescue effort underway because another doctor had
a life threatening condition at the South Pole. Weather conditions would
continue to deteriorate through the harsh winter with temperatures that
could reach minus-103 degrees. At first it was planned to use the giant
LC-130 "Hercules" airplane. However, this huge plane has a hydraulic system
used for raising and lowering the landing gear and this hydraulic system
would be susceptible to the freezing temperatures. The fuel system on the
Hercules is also only usable for temperatures down to minus-67 degrees. The
rescue planners have opted for two smaller planes, Twin Otters. The Twin
Otters are propeller driven eight-seaters with a fixed landing gear and no
hydraulic system. These planes with their low-tech systems are able to
operate in temperatures as low as minus-107 degrees.

The shepherd boy, David, understood the value of low tech. David opted for
five smooth stones and his sling over all the king's armor and sword.
Goliah, with all of his hugeness did not have a chance against one shepherd
boy and a sling. The Bible says, "But God has chosen the foolish things of
the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of
the world to put to shame the things which are mighty; and the base things
of the world and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are,
that no flesh should glory in His presence (1 Corinthians 1:27-28)."

What impossible situation are you facing? In the hands of God, little can be
better. In the hands of God, less can be more. It may be that you are the
David that God has prepared to defeat the Goliath that your community, or
your school, or your church, or your family, or (You can fill in the blank)
is facing. Look around and see if God has also prepared some ammunition like
he prepared five smooth stones for David. Your ammunition may appear, may
look different from that of David's but placed in the hands of God it will
be no less effective. Be sure to give glory to God before and after the
battle because surely the battle is the Lord's.

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