“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion, or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle, or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle. When the sun comes up, you better start running.” Thomas Friedman

Survival is a gift. It teaches us the value of life. It gives focus to our energies and spurs us on to action. It works creativity in us and sharpens the skills needed to navigate this world. But life is so much more than surviving. It is full of wonder and beauty. The world is still a glorious place even if it has fallen from the Creator’s original designs. Imagine it without selfishness, war, pain, sickness or death and we catch a glimpse of what Heaven will be like.~The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox...Is.65  Conversations Within” ts 9/29/2015