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When I was a kid, I used to read
these Batman comic books. 

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I loved comic books. 
You know, one of the things 

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about comic books is you get to 
the end of it and it's the 

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pinnacle of the action, the 
pinnacle of the fight, and many 

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times the end with to be 
continued in in some ways it's a

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little disappointing. 
You know, you don't get to know 

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how it ends, but in many ways 
it's exactly what you want from 

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a comic book. 
You want the adventure to 

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continue, the fight to continue.
You know the story to continue. 

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Many years later, I went to the 
funeral of a friend's mother and

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someone at the funeral said to 
be continued. 

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And I thought that was an 
interesting way of putting it. 

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You know, as Christians, we 
believe there's something 

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waiting for us beyond death, 
something that we can look 

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forward to, a perfect place, a 
place without pain. 

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And I think to be continued is a
good way of putting that. 

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In Corinthians, Paul says no eye
has seen, no ear has heard, and 

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no mind has imagined what God 
has prepared for those who love 

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them. 
And today I'm thankful for the 

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words to be continued. 
This has been everyday miracles 

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by hope, mindfulness and prayer.