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It is better to be ...


John 6:63       New English Translation

63 The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

 

Base principle

 

New life here’s where you come from, and I was just living death

I did not understand at all. I just thought life was just a breath.

 

A dying life was my lot, but where there’s “life,” there’s hope

It is better to be a living dog than a lion, who was brave but croaked

 

For where there is breath, there is a chance for the truth to penetrate

For the Living Word, not often heard, is the One Who segregates

 

Jan Wienen

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