6. The Fellowship of The Ring
FRODO: I wish the ring had never come
to me.
I wish none of this had happened.

7. The Fellowship of The Ring
FRODO: 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.

9. 486-465
bc

10. Esther 4 : 14
And WHO KNOWS whether you
have not come to the kingdom
for such a time as this?

11. Jonah
3 : 8-9
Let 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.

12. Esther 4 : 14
And WHO KNOWS whether you
have not come to the kingdom
for such a time as this?

14. Jeremiah 29: 4-7
Thus 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.

15. 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.

17. QUESTIONS to CONSIDER
- Am I embracing or resisting the
time/place I find myself in?

18. 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”?

19. 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?