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There once was a land that was so isolated

that its inhabitants believed the mountains

surrounding their little valley formed

the edge of the

world. And for

them it did. Once

in a blue moonsomeone would

venture beyond

the mountains and

come back with

fantastic stories

about what theydseen and

experienced, but

their reports were

routinely dismissed

as fabrications and

quickly forgotten.

Havia uma terra de tal forma isolada, que seus

habitantes acreditavam que as montanhas que

rodeavam o pequeno vale onde viviam

formavam os limites

do mundo. E para

eles, formavam

mesmo. Muito

raramente, algum

se aventurava alm

das montanhas e

voltava com histrias

fantsticas sobre o

que havia visto e

vivenciado. Mas

relatos assim eram

tipicamente

descartados como

invenes e

rapidamente esquecidos.

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Life in that inward-looking little land was difficult,

but the people had become so accustomed to the

daily struggle that most of the time they just

accepted it. Life got really hard, however, when the

river would suddenly overflow without warning

and bury their village in mud, or their crops would

mysteriously catch fire in the night, or the water

from their wells made them and their animals

deathly sick.

A vida naquela terra introspectiva era difcil, mas

as pessoas estavam to acostumadas lida diria

que normalmente no se importavam com as

dificuldades. Entretanto, as coisas pioravam muito

quando o rio, de repente, transbordava e

soterrava a vila com lama, ou suas plantaes,

sem nenhuma explicao, pegavam fogo, ou a

gua de seus mananciais deixavam pessoas e

animais mortalmente doentes.

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Then one day a stranger came and told them more fantastic

stories about a wonderful kingdom beyond the mountains, but

they laughed him to scorn. They also didnt believe him when

he said that the flash floods, mysterious fires and poisoned

wells were the work of a dark prince who ruled another not-

so-wonderful kingdom beyond the mountains, and that he

the strangerhad come to teach them how to defend

themselves against the dark princes attacks. After awhile the

stranger left and they never heard from him again. And to this

day the people of that land continue to struggle, as they

always have.

Um dia, apareceu um estranho que lhes contou histrias

fantsticas sobre um reino maravilhoso alm das montanhas,

mas apenas debocharam dele. No acreditaram quando disse

que as enchentes repentinas e os incndios misteriosos eram

obras do prncipe das trevas, que governava um reino

perverso, alm das montanhas e que ele o estranho

viera para lhes ensinar a se defender dos ataques desse

inimigo. Depois de um tempo, o estranho foi embora e nunca

mais se ouviu notcias dele. E at hoje, as pessoas daquela

terra enfrentam as mesmas dificuldades de sempre.

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Jesus is a lot like the stranger in that

story, except that we will never hear the

last from Him. He came to make our livesbetter, He wants to reveal to us the secrets

of the spirit world, and Hes always just a

prayer away.

Jesus Se assemelha muito ao estranho

da histria, exceto que Ele jamais vai

desaparecer. Veio para melhorar nossa

vida e quer nos revelar os segredos domundo espiritual. Ele est sempre a

apenas uma orao de distncia.

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