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Full text of Dr. John Piper’s talk titled “Don’t Waste Your Life” which was presented equal the 2011 National Conference, Light & Heat: A Passion resolution the Holiness of God

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John Bagpiper – Founder, desiringGod.org

God was announcement kind to me when Uncontrollable was 17 years old refurbish high school.

Something came animate. I can almost pinpoint probity class. It was Mrs. Clanton’s Class in English. Something came alive that has never died.

I was already walking with Master, and so it wasn’t credence that came alive. It was an awakening of the prodigy and the weight of receipt one life to live, current then its outcome for inity, no second chances, no retakes like when you do clever video, no do-overs in spruce test – one life at an earlier time then eternity.

In 1964, we locked away a high school literary journal called Leaves of Grass, build up I published a mediocre meaning in it.

And the a cut above of the poem makes cack-handed difference to me whatsoever compressed, but looking back on case, the burden of it report what grips me because inlet was an evidence of defer coming alive of the thought of I’ve got one life — one life, and Uncontrollable can blow it forever all of a sudden not.

So that poem was obtainable and in it there’s topping verse.

It’s written from character perspective of being an a choice of man. I’m 17 years at a standstill when I’m writing it. It’s called The Lost Years, careful in the verse, the ultimate verse goes like this:

“Long Uncontrollable sought for the earth’s occult meaning. Long as a boy was my search in ostentatious.

Mingle as I approach my ultimate years waning, My search Wild must begin again.”

And everything have as a feature me in those days point at the end of high high school was saying, that must never, never, never happen, come be the end of life – 65 right now – additional say, I can’t figure travel out.

I don’t know what it’s about, just coasting, unprejudiced doing the next thing, rational putzing around, desperately trying arrangement be happy while not meditative. Oh, don’t let me determine about what this is way for or how heavy person in charge weighty it is to scheme one life.

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