publishers produced over 1,000 different books each day. Scientific and technical journals and articles are now being produced at the rate of sixty-million pages a year! Just when we think we have our mind made up, we hear or read of some new thought or piece of research and struggle to assimilate that item. Some, of course, have neatly solved the problem by turning a deaf ear to any fact or thought that runs counter to their first impression. But there is still a reaffirmation or decision that needs to be made over and over again as new material challenges us. Our decisions are also influenced — or complicated — by those basic values we hold dear. We become perplexed when the threat of war forces us to set our values of peace and freedom against each other. We are frustrated when those who normally influence us urge one direction and the information we have studied, another. The Christian need not face the same dimension of frustration as that of the non-Christian. We have certain commitments that provide not only eternal life—but a basic framework for decision making that mini mizes a radically changing value system. With Christ, we affirm “Thy word is truth” (John 17:17). We value honesty, love, and individual worth, not because they are now in vogue, but because they are Biblically derived. We are influenced not alone by the changing scene of friends and leaders about us, but by the Word and the Holy Spirit. Our frustration is minimized because in a world of modification and constant decision making, Jesus Christ re mains the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). All of us will be bombarded with tough decisions at a rapidly increas ing rate during 1972. Thanks to our Lord there is that secret place, that quiet place of refuge where we may regain our perspective and strength. Page 5
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