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Neh 4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. This verse is quoted by writer John Eldredge in the first chapter of his book Wild at Heart . Eldredge's work admonishes men to be men...to live a life of passion and adventure. The cover of Wild at Heart says it all; it has a photogragh of a man charging and leaping up a rock-face like a mountain goat who has drained a bucket of Mt. Dew. Eldredge disdains "nice guys"...wimps in need of a wedgie (also known as a snuggie , grundie , gotch pull , or mervin . What is up with "Mervin?"....like to do some research on that one...probably came from a boy named Mervin who was on the "receiving end"--get it, "receiving end?"--of so many wedgies that his name became synomous with the

Rev 2:17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it. (ASV) With the white stone mentioned above in the Scripture verse, "And will give him a white stone" it is "Supposed that by the white stone is meant pardon or acquittance, and the evidence of it; and that there is an allusion here to the custom observed by judges in ancient times, who were accustomed to give their suffrages by white and black pebbles; those who gave the former were for absolving the culprit, those who gave the latter were for his condemnation." (Clarke) What has brought about this essay was my purchasing the other day of some very white and new Nike jogging shoes. My old pair of Nike's have been worn down. I was developing serious pain in my feet which is a solid sign that it is t