Years ago, I
remember hearing a story
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about a certain young man
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who had had a
wonderful conversion experience.
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So wonderful and
interesting to tell
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that he used to hold audiences
spellbound and recounting it.
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And to help him tell the story
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he had to written
down on a sheet of paper.
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The years went by
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and he grew
habituated to repeating it,
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and then one fateful
day, right before the meeting,
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he misplaced the piece of paper.
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And all he could do was stand up
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before the crowd and say,
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"I have lost my
Christian experience."
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I do hope that for each of us,
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it's a little bit
more integral to our life
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than just telling the story.
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I hope it's a little
bit more like John Bunyan,
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his very life was
shifted and changed
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and a new compulsion
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had replaced that
old state of mind.
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For Liberty Insider,
this is Lincoln Steed.
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