Posted on 02/02/2015 6:01:26 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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Good evening Kathy.
((HUGS))
Having a very good Day, how about you??
Tomorrow is the big Day!!!(fingers and toes crossed)
Chinese proverbs are common and often have stories behind them. The proverb pulling up a crop to help it grow is about an impatient man in the Song Dynasty. He was eager to see his rice seedlings grow quickly. So he thought of a solution. He would pull up each plant a few inches. After a day of tedious work, the man surveyed his paddy field. He was happy that his crop seemed to have grown taller. But his joy was short-lived. The next day, the plants had begun to wither because their roots were no longer deep.
In 2 Timothy 2:6, the apostle Paul compares the work of being a minister of the gospel to that of a farmer. He wrote to encourage Timothy that, like farming, making disciples can be continuous, hard labor. You plow, you sow, you wait, you pray. You desire to see the fruits of your labor quickly, but growth takes time. And as the Chinese proverb so aptly illustrates, any effort to hurry the process wont be helpful. Commentator William Hendriksen states: If Timothy . . . exerts himself to the full in the performance of his God-given spiritual task, he . . . will see in the lives of others . . . the beginnings of those glorious fruits that are mentioned in Galatians 5:22, 23.
As we labor faithfully, we wait patiently on the Lord, who makes things grow (1 Cor. 3:7).
INSIGHT
: Timothy is first introduced in Acts 16:1. Paul and Silas had been working their way through the provinces of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) sharing the gospel of Christ. When Paul and Silas arrived in Lystra, they met Timothy (a follower of Christ) and Paul invited this young man to join them. Timothy became a student of Pauls and a pastor who, according to tradition, shepherded the church at Ephesus. Eventually, he received the two letters from Paul that bear his name. Each of those letters was intended to instruct and encourage the young pastor in his work with the congregation he served.
Good evening, EX...((HUGS))...sending prayers and good vibes. I have heard that cataract surgery is performed more than any other.
Do you go in at the crack of dawn?
IN!!!!!!!!!
“Do you go in at the crack of dawn?”
Oh Yes, 06:45. Doctor has not even had his Coffee....
:-)
(I’m taking him some fresh, Hot Coffee) I can’t have any, so he can have mine!!!
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Are you buried in snow? Staying warm?
You're warming up!
We are. Getting more light as well. It’s still light at 5 pm now.
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Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...a busy day for you?
Maddi Monday or Maddi Tuesday?
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