Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
 
 
by Portia Nelson

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Illustrating the need for conversion: a changing of our ways.

 

(1)
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost. I am hopeless.
It isn't my fault.
 

(2)
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place.
But it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
 

(3)
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in... it's a habit.
My eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It's my fault.
I get out immediately.
 

(4)
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
 

(5)
I walk down another street.
 

Man in a Hole  


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"Jesus declared, 'I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.'"
John 3:3

It involves a transformation, a new creation...

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!"
2 Corinthians 5:17

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