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And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. John 17:3   NKJV

• on becoming His shining light, reflecting His likeness?!   Matthew 5:14
  "The light, and love, and power of the indwelling Christ shone out
  through [you], so that men, beholding, 'marveled: and they took
  knowledge of [you], that [you] have been with Jesus.'" Acts 4:13 SC 75
  = O R =

• on becoming the salt of the earth, where people, after having been with
  you are thirsting after Christ, wanting what you have?!   Matthew 5:13
  = O R =

• on becoming like a tree, planted by the rivers of water, which brings
  forth its fruit in its season?!   Psalm 1:3

• "When the earth lies bare, a line of verdue [= verdure - 'the lush
  greeness of flourishing conditions' *]" marks the river's course; ... "
  TMB   81
  
  = A N D =

• "Behold, I will do a new thing,...
  I will even make a road in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert ...."
  Isaiah 43:19-21
  • "And the Lord shall guide you continually,
    and satisfy your soul in drought,
    and strengthen your bones;
    you shall be like a watered garden,
    and like a spring of water
    whose waters do not fail." Isaiah 58:11