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    Not Exactly your King James Version
    Not Exactly your King James Version
    Not Exactly your King James Version
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    Not Exactly your King James Version

    By Robert Hruzek

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    Thirteen stories that prove life itself remains the greatest Bible teacher of all time. Each demonstrates practical lessons learned, and connects them to fundamental principles found in the pages of the Bible: principles of faith, conviction, purpose, and especially, God’s love. Told in the author’s down-to-earth style, you’ll laugh, and you may cry – but you surely learn a thing or two!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRobert Hruzek
    Release dateJul 8, 2009
    ISBN9781476159836
    Not Exactly your King James Version
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    Robert Hruzek

    Robert Hruzek lives in Tomball, a very small town just north of the exciting metropolis of Houston, Texas, where he thoroughly enjoys being married to the love of his life, otherwise known as The Most Wonderful Wife in the Whole World.Usually employed as an engineering project manager, it’s a job that lets him travel, live and work in quite a few places within the United States and around the world – some of ‘em great, and some of ‘em, well... not so much.Interested in reading more stories? Robert writes prolifically on a wide variety of topics at his website, Middle Zone Musings. (By the way, he often encourages others to tell stories too.)The Middle Zone is a comfortable place to drop by and have a cup of coffee, swap a few stories and share a few practical ideas for the real world. He doesn’t ask for much, just a bit of your brain now and then. Why not come by, put your feet up, take a load off and relax...

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      Not Exactly your King James Version - Robert Hruzek

      Not Exactly

      your

      King James

      Version

      by Robert Hruzek

      *****

      © 2009 Middle Zone Publishing

      Houston, Texas, USA

      All rights reserved.

      *****

      ABOUT THIS BOOK

      Within these pages you’ll find a baker’s dozen of truly memorable stories, specifically chosen to illustrate the truism that life itself remains among the greatest teachers of all time.

      What’s more, each story not only demonstrates great, practical lessons learned from everyday life, but draws a connection from those lessons to fundamental principles found in the pages of the Bible: principles of faith, conviction, purpose, and especially, God’s love.

      Told in the author’s easy-to-read, down-to-earth style, you’ll likely laugh, and you may cry – but you might just learn a thing or two!

      *****

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Robert Hruzek lives in Tomball, a very small town just north of the exciting metropolis of Houston, Texas, where he thoroughly enjoys being married to the love of his life, otherwise known as The Most Wonderful Wife in the Whole World.

      Usually employed as an engineering project manager, it’s a job that lets him travel, live and work in quite a few places within the United States and around the world – some of ‘em great, and some of ‘em, well… not so much.

      Interested in reading more stories? Robert writes prolifically on a wide variety of topics at his website, Middle Zone Musings. (By the way, he often encourages others to tell stories too.)

      The Middle Zone is a comfortable place to drop by and have a cup of coffee, swap a few stories and share a few practical ideas for the real world. He doesn’t ask for much, just a bit of your brain now and then. Why not come by, put your feet up, take a load off and relax...

      You can contact Robert at:

      Middle Zone Musings (http://middlezonemusings.com)

      Email: rhruzek@sbcglobal.net

      Twitter: @RobertHruzek

      *****

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      1. IT CAME TO PASS

      2. REALITY CHECK

      3. CONSIDER THE SOURCE

      4. PICK UP WHERE YOU LEFT OFF

      5. SQUISHED!

      6. WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO

      7. CONSIDER THE ANT

      8. WHAT IS LOVE?

      9. THE TROUBLE WITH TROUBLE

      10. TURNING POINT

      11. ODE TO THE FALLEN

      12. WHAT I LEARNED FROM CHAOS

      13. THE BOY WHO WOULD BE KING

      *****

      1

      IT CAME TO PASS

      Back when I was in school, the word test held an amazing and magical power: it could cause students to break out into a cold sweat and instantly turn the most confident into a quivering mass of gelatin. It exasperated me to no end why teachers always loved to surprise us poor, unsuspecting students. I mean, c’mon; what’s with that, anyway?

      __________

      I’ve always been a fan of the King James Version of the Bible. I know, I know; there’s a whole herd of more accurate translations out there. But I’ll tell ya; sometimes the KJV expresses God’s Word in a way that really makes the message sing, y’know? Back in the Middle Ages they really knew how to turn a phrase. (Not to mention throw one heckuva feast! Roasted turkey leg, anyone?)

      Here’s what I mean: as I read through one of the Gospels the other day, a certain phrase suddenly caught my eye. Truthfully, it’s not one most folks would consider to be all that significant. You know; one like, Thus sayeth the Lord…. Nope; in truth, this one is kindof innocuous, and goes like this: it came to pass.

      But here’s an interesting fact for ya: Did you know in the King James Version of the Bible that simple little phrase occurs 452 times? Yep; sure enough! Hey, maybe it’s not so insignificant after all!

      Whenever I see it, though, I can’t help but connect it with something I heard from one of my previous Pastors, when he was speaking about enduring personal trials. Even though your trials may have come to pass, he’d said, just remember, folks, they haven’t come to stay.

      That clever little turn of a phrase has always stuck with me. Believe me, it’s been quite the encouragement over the years. Every time I find myself in the midst of a trial of some kind or other (which, alas, seems a rather common occurrence in this life), that little phrase always serves as a comforting reminder:

      It’s only come to pass; it’s not come to stay.

      The Smoker’s Car

      Back in 2000, my wife and I had the opportunity to visit Grenoble, France. We hopped the Atlantic (or, the Pond, as our European friends call it) on a direct flight from Houston to Paris, but since our destination was in the mountains of southern France, we decided to take a train for that last part of the trip. Scenery, you know. (Sadly, there just aren’t too many mountain vistas available in my home town of Houston – unless you count the occasional freeway overpasses, which typically don’t have snow-capped peaks; not even in winter.)

      As it turned out, though, the trip was a bit harder to take than we expected. Oh, not because of a lack of incredible scenery (believe me, there was plenty). Nope; it was because yours truly had inadvertently bought tickets in a smoker’s car. (Oh, did I mention? We don’t smoke.) Yuck!

      Alas, when I purchased those tickets back in Houston, I simply hadn’t thought to specify non-smoking. In my

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