Part of what this dramatic...
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Part of what this dramatic story of Elijah teaches us is that there are often circumstances in life when we must stand alone against the crowd, but stand we must.
- the ten year old boy stands alone when he says "no" to all the others in his little gang who want to beat-up on a helpless little guy who is walking toward them down the street.
- the fourteen year old girl stands alone when she must refuse a Sunday morning invitation to the beach by her friends until after she has first gone to church.
- the twenty year old college student stands alone when he tells his fraternity brothers that he's withdrawing from the weekly Saturday night drinking binges because he's tired of feeling wasted every Sunday morning.
- the twenty-seven year old woman with marital troubles stands alone when most of her girl-friends tell her that her marriage is getting in the way of her career and that it's nothing unusual anymore to just go ahead and get a divorce, even though she'd like to work on the marriage.
- the fifty-four year old businessman stands alone when he finally refuses to continue practicing company policy that often uses and abuses other people for the sake of financial profit.
- the ten year old boy stands alone when he says "no" to all the others in his little gang who want to beat-up on a helpless little guy who is walking toward them down the street.
- the fourteen year old girl stands alone when she must refuse a Sunday morning invitation to the beach by her friends until after she has first gone to church.
- the twenty year old college student stands alone when he tells his fraternity brothers that he's withdrawing from the weekly Saturday night drinking binges because he's tired of feeling wasted every Sunday morning.
- the twenty-seven year old woman with marital troubles stands alone when most of her girl-friends tell her that her marriage is getting in the way of her career and that it's nothing unusual anymore to just go ahead and get a divorce, even though she'd like to work on the marriage.
- the fifty-four year old businessman stands alone when he finally refuses to continue practicing company policy that often uses and abuses other people for the sake of financial profit.
