Posted on 10/24/2006 10:01:42 PM PDT by Billie
Aww, thank you for that sweet warm fuzzy kitty haiku, Jack - perfectly autumn-colored!
Hi, Dan - always love seeing your FaithMouse originals posted at the Finest! Thank you!
Just wanted to say hi to you two, and thank you, onyx, for your nice compliment on yesterday's thread. :)
That is precious! (Ugly, but precious!) :) How tiny the baby is compared to the mother.
How fun carving pumpkins are this way - no mess!
Thanks,Luvbo! I haven't voted yet, but probably tomorrow - always do the early vote. :)
Thank you, Meg - I'm glad you like the pledge graphic.
Low 50's is still cool, but much more tolerable than 22 degrees. Shivering! :)
Missed you again, Nan. Nice to see you 'back home' though. We miss you.
Let's call it a bunny anyway! :)
Hi Billie! I know I don't get around much any more. It's been a difficult six months for me in a lot of ways. I miss all of you.....a lot. Good to see you.
Good night, Billie. Thanks for the warm welcome!
Okay..I'd rather do that than to think it's some other kind of....um....rodent! LOL!
Nite, Billie! See ya next time!
Thanks, Billie! Always enjoy your threads.
Right back atcha!
Just checking my pings and replying just so you know I saw it.
October 26, 2006
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He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. 2 Corinthians 9:6
On my father's farm were certain fields he sowed by hand. He would strap on a canvas contraption that looked somewhat like a kangaroo pouch, fill it with seed, and go out to sow. He would cast seed everywhere.
When a farmer sows seed in his field, it looks like he's throwing it away. It seems to be lost, but it isn't really gone. In due time he gets it backwith much more besides.
When we give ourselves to Christ, it may seem to people as if we're throwing our life away. But He said that it is only as we lose our lives in Him that we find true life (Matt. 10:39).
Jesus teaches us to measure our lives by losses rather than gains, by sacrifices rather than self-preservation, by time spent for others rather than time lavished upon ourselves, by love poured out rather than love poured in.
It's a rule of life: God blesses those who give of their lives and resources (2 Cor. 9:6). Give out the truth you know, and He'll give you more to give away. Give your time, and you'll have more time to give. Set no limit on your love, and you'll have more love for others than before.
Israel's wise man said, "There is one who scatters, yet increases more" (Prov. 11:24). It's one of the oldest paradoxes in the world, but it works.
Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year; Jeremiah 9-11; 1 Timothy 6
Thank you, Billie!
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