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TITLE: THE POWER AND THE GLORY By Phyllis Inniss 05/15/04 |
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. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)
THE POWER AND THE GLORY
. All power comes from God, but man in his ignorance tries to usurp the position of authority that only God can give. His pride and arrogance fill his head so that he sees himself as a god.
The story of Lincoln Blake is a case in point. He managed to obtain two scholarships to study in the U.K. on separate occasions. On his return from the U.K. at the end of the second scholarship, he was given a very prestigious position in the Government Service. Everyone looked up to him because of his status. What he brought back from England was a certain cockiness and aloofness many people found overbearing.
His wife, on the other hand, was a very charming, pleasant woman. Everyone felt at ease with Evelyn. She was gracious to all: at work, at church, at social gatherings. But not so Mr. Lincoln Blake. If he felt some persons were not in his social class, he looked down on them and treated them with contempt, the very people who paid for his scholarships, the taxpayers. These were the people who were also paying his salary., but. he felt everybody wanted something from him.. In his chauffeur-driven car, he would see no one, his newspapers held up high to blot out the view of anyone thinking of trying to get a lift to work or home.
His son, Marcus, who shared a love-hate relationship with his father, angered many persons with his arrogance as well. He admired his father in one way but hated the way he treated those he thought were beneath him, little realizing that he himself was following the same pattern, minus the holding of a job. Some of those who derided him would say ‘you think because you are Lincoln Blake’s son, you could do what you like and talk to people as you like.'. Sometimes they were cursed for their effort.
Marcus did not like the way his father treated his mother and would find excuses to draw Lincoln into an argument. He would then curse his father at the top of his voice so the neighbours in their upscale residential area would hear. The father in his Oxonian accent, would berate his son for not finding a job. He would heap scorn on him and ridicule him because all his peers of ‘lesser importance’ were not only holding down good jobs but in some cases had moved up the social ladder..
Evelyn bore all the tongue-lashings and verbal abuse with dignity. She was a true Christian soul. Lincoln, however, who was prominent in the church, helped no one. As a matter of fact, people were afraid to approach him. Marcus began associating with the drug addicts, alarming all the family members. The mother was at her wit’s end. She could not believe her son who was given everything he wanted and more would feel the need to go on drugs.
Then a dramatic event took place. The government of thirty years was voted out of office. It took a coalition of five different parties to bring about this historic change, a bewildering occurrence to many. Mr. Lincoln Blake, who had dined with Presidents and Prime Ministers, and other dignitaries, now found himself left out in the cold. The new administration didn’t want to hear his name. It was anathema to those who remembered the slights of former years and all the perks he enjoyed as a member of the former regime. He, however, was too proud to approach any of them to ask for what was even rightfully his.
When he lost his wife Evelyn, despite his bad treatment of her, his world seemed to fall apart. His son turned against him completely and blamed him for his mother’s sufferings.
Marcus ended up in a mental institution. People wondered if it was because of the drugs, or if it was because he had let his mother down so badly. Many of them said it was because he couldn’t bear to see the way his father now walked the streets looking like a vagrant after all his pomp and ceremony...
We must always remember to honour God and recognize the power and the glory that are His. Paul, the apostle, says “to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, he will give eternal life;” (Rom. 2:7 RSV)