The Fellowship of The RingFRODO: I wish the ring had never come

to me. I wish none of this had happened.

The Fellowship of The RingFRODO: I wish the ring had never come

to me. I wish none of this had happened.

GANDALF: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them

to decide. All we have to decide is what

to do with the time that is given to us.

486-465 bc

Esther 4 : 14 And WHO KNOWS whether youhave not come to the kingdom

for such a time as this?

Jonah 3 : 8-9Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands.WHO KNOWS? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.

Esther 4 : 14 And WHO KNOWS whether youhave not come to the kingdom

for such a time as this?

Jeremiah 29: 4-7Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of

Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into

exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat

their produce. Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons,

and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters;

multiply there, and do not decrease. 

Jeremiah 29: 4-7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile,

and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare

you will find your welfare.

QUESTIONS to CONSIDER- Am I embracing or resisting the

time/place I find myself in?

QUESTIONS to CONSIDER- Am I embracing or resisting the

time/place I find myself in?

- Is Lawrence (or even Vintage) a place you

feel Like God has sent you “into exile”?

QUESTIONS to CONSIDER- Am I embracing or resisting the

time/place I find myself in?

- Is Lawrence (or even Vintage) a place you

feel Like God has sent you “into exile”?- If “for such a time is this” is rarely (if ever) just about YOU, how does your

perspective need to change?