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A Book (of Eli) Review
Posted: January 31, 2010
Reflecting on a walk of faith…
The Book of Eli pictures
(most apocalyptically)
a bombed-out world in sepia.
There's no prosperity.
What once was very commonplace
is gone. It's so absurd.
Clean water, food and decency
(and knowledge of God's Word).
The last surviving Bible
had to find its way out west.
It's not as easy as it sounds.
It proves a bloody test.
One man who lived by faith (not sight)
prompts us to do the same.
With Scripture hidden in his heart,
he has a single aim.
Eli's committed to live out
what he has heard God say.
He's not content to read the Word.
His passion's to obey.
Eli (like Christ) is tempted by
a man named Carnegie.
This Satan-figure knows The Book
has power (don't you see).
Its words inspire, motivate,
convict and magnetize.
The key (of course) is who unlocks
The Book. The fool or wise?
And in this wilderness of beige
anticipating Hell,
we see that trusting God by faith
resembles reading braille.
The walk of faith is not a dash.
It is a daily stroll.
Obeying is a lifelong trek.
It's what defines your soul.
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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.Greg's writings have now been assembled in book form. See the SeniorLifestyle Store. • E-mail the author (moc.loa@veRemosewA*) • Author's website (personal or primary**)
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