[guide.chat] Forwarded Email: In Season... And Out
- From: "James Liddell" <james.liddell2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Guide Chat" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 08:31:19 -0000
For those of you who don't know, Joni is quadroplegic, has been since a diving
accident when she was sixteen. She has written many books, does mouth painting,
singing, broadcasting, and operates a charity providing specialist wheelchairs
to third world countries. I've met her a few times.
This is from her daily message today.
Jim.
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From: Joni Eareckson Tada - Email Address: communications@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent On: 31/10/2012 08:04
Sent To: james.liddell2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx - Email Address:
james.liddell2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: In Season... And Out
Joni and Friends Daily Devotional
October 31, 2012
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Dear Jim,
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The Real Halloween
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But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there
shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 8:12 (KJV)
It was the middle of October when an acquaintance passed away - his death was
particularly
sad because he never embraced Christ as his Savior. Later that month, I went to
a friend's home for a Halloween party. Ghosts draped the front door, skeletons
dangled
from the porch, and plastic spiders wove their webs through the bushes. I stayed
at the party only a minute. Witch and goblin costumes weren't cute or funny in
light of my friend's demise.
Jesus likens the real Halloween to being "outside" - He described it as outer
darkness.
There is no shimmering dance of candle in hell - no promising sunrises. No
welcomed
glow of Christmas lights through the windows. No sun-washed vistas of ocean or
landscape.
No lovely or pleasant faces. Eventually, no memory of what a smile ever looked
like.
In abject darkness, people can do nothing but think - remorse for missed
opportunities,
and memories of friends and family on earth. There will be company in hell, but
none of it pleasant. Jesus talked frequently about hell because He wanted to
warn
us of its real-life horrors. He's left us an example, but how often do we speak
about hell, the real Halloween?
There's nothing cute about encouraging children to dress up like Harry Potter
from
the Hogwarts School of Wizardry. Yet October 31st can provide a powerful
backdrop
to an earnest discussion about hell. Jesus' descriptions of it are not
figurative.
Whenever biblical writers describe the afterlife, you sense they are straining
for
adequate words - the realities are greater than the figures. If hell is not
literal
fire, it's not because Jesus was exaggerating. It's because hell is worse.
Lord God, I confess I don't like to think - or speak - about hell. But your Son
was constantly warning people about the kingdom of darkness. Give me courage to
share the light of the Gospel with my co-workers and neighbors!
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Blessings,
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