If you look at your hand there are generally three major lines running off from thumb area, Heart Line is top one (closest to fingers). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life Line deals with matters of health and your well-being. This line is read downwards towards wrist. If your life line is long and clear you have good health and vitality you approach each day with all enthusiasm it deserves. A short and faint line means that you lack energy and may be somewhat frail, time to recharge your batteries! Breaks in line show many changes in direction of life. If you have a break in only one hand this shows an illness followed by a speedy recovery - in both hands in same area shows a slightly more serious illness. If your life line ends in a fork this indicates long distance travel. Two small branches means money

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fate Line deals with money, career and ethics decisions. This line is read upwards. If your fate line is straight and unbroken this means a successful, untroubled life. If you fate line breaks this indicates sudden changes. We are accumulation of our life experiences, we always need downs to help us appreciate just how wonderful ups are. If your fate line starts from head line or heart line this indicates success late in life, usually by your own hand (pardon pun!)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Affection Line deals with marriage and children. This line is read from little finger towards thumb. The more marrier!.... OK so poetry is not my strong point. The more (strong defined) lines you have in this area more relationships you will have. If your lines are strong and defined a happy relationship will be, however broken lines will lead to a separation for thee (and you didn't think I could rhyme). If your affection line curves down you will out live your partner.

From affection line running up to base of little finger are child lines, obviously indicative of number of children you have each line indicates number of children, line for a boy is darker than line for girl.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Line some times referred to as Line of Apollo, this line deals with your happiness and enjoyment of life. This line is read upwards. A clear and straight sun line shows a lucky person. If your sun line starts from your life line or your fate line you will have many successes as a result of using your talents. If your sun line starts from head line your success will come to you in your middle ages.

If line of sun is absent this does not mean that owner will be unsuccessful with money. A financially secure person without a line of sun will normally have a well defined line of fate. A line of sun is more closely associated with contentment and for some contentment comes when material happiness does.

This parable is usually recited to underscore need for a pluralistic society—all paths lead to God. But Western pluralism is usually tolerant for all beliefs except Christianity. By denying Christians their right of argument is to display very thing that pluralism denounces—intolerance. I agree that there is a place for pluralism in society with respect to matters of taste. On other hand, there is no place for pluralism when it comes to deciding matters of truth, involving a unity of thought. [Ibid, p. 40]

I’m okay with parable about elephant if we recognize that elephant represents absolute truth. It’s okay to move through life with a part of absolute as long as we someday awaken to this truth: our partial hold is only a stepping stone that will ultimately lead us to greater truth which is Jesus Christ. After all it was Jesus who stated that He is only way, only truth, and only life. I have found that once Jesus is embraced with whole heart He liberates, and never does He ensnare or enslave. That’s why New Testament declares, “Ye shall know truth, and truth shall make you free.” Come to Jesus and find freedom from bondage of sin.

Keep faith. Stay course. Jesus is coming soon.

Pastor T.