A Short Time With Larry 3-13-2020 Melville
Have you read or seen the film, Moby Dick? It’s about being totally focused on getting revenge, of being consumed with getting even, Moby Dick was a Great White Whale. The classic teaches the folly of a life of hatred.
Do you know that Hermon Melville's four novels were not endorsed by but one fellow writer? Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Heres a sad line for Melville's generation:
For the last thirty years of his life, he sought obscurity as a minor customs officer.
Melville’s most noted character, Captain Ahab would be typed as Obsessive-Compulsive in today’s world.
Which brings me to the point of today’s thought stater:
Are you obsessed with something or someone? Is your obsession legitimate or as Loyd Douglas wrote, A Magnificent Obsession? The difference is defined as a compelling drive to achieve a worthwhile end, or goal, even a dream.
Are you obsessed with pleasing Jesus Christ?
Larry Lilly. Make today Count
Have you read or seen the film, Moby Dick? It’s about being totally focused on getting revenge, of being consumed with getting even, Moby Dick was a Great White Whale. The classic teaches the folly of a life of hatred.
Do you know that Hermon Melville's four novels were not endorsed by but one fellow writer? Nathaniel Hawthorne?
Heres a sad line for Melville's generation:
For the last thirty years of his life, he sought obscurity as a minor customs officer.
Melville’s most noted character, Captain Ahab would be typed as Obsessive-Compulsive in today’s world.
Which brings me to the point of today’s thought stater:
Are you obsessed with something or someone? Is your obsession legitimate or as Loyd Douglas wrote, A Magnificent Obsession? The difference is defined as a compelling drive to achieve a worthwhile end, or goal, even a dream.
Are you obsessed with pleasing Jesus Christ?
Larry Lilly. Make today Count