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3 posted on
10/26/2006 6:38:28 AM PDT by
DollyCali
(Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Mrs Mayor; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; JustAmy; ...
October 26, 2006
Losing To Gain
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2 Corinthians 9:6-15He 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. David H. Roper
We lose what on ourselves we spend;
We have as treasure without end
Whatever, Lord, to You we lend,
Who givest all. Wordsworth
11 posted on
10/26/2006 7:08:26 AM PDT by
The Mayor
( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
To: DollyCali
17 posted on
10/26/2006 7:22:28 AM PDT by
Hoodlum91
(Staying home on Nov. 7 isn't a punishment for the GOP, its a reward for the Dems.)
To: DollyCali
TRubble
Thank you, Dolly...lovely thread!
TRubble likes tiger cats best. ;)
22 posted on
10/26/2006 7:42:38 AM PDT by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
To: DollyCali; The Mayor; ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; dutchess; Mama_Bear; Billie; Allegra; lonestar; ...
~Good Morning To The Finest!~
33 posted on
10/26/2006 8:49:16 AM PDT by
MEG33
(GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
To: DollyCali
Well Hello, Dolly. You're lookin' swell, Dolly...
Looks like you got the same Ligers e-mail that I did. Fascinating information and pix.
To: DollyCali
YIKES!!! That is ONE HUMONGOUS
CAT! Really interesting post, Dolly, and you presented it beautifully. Great pictures. I have never heard of a Liger before - thank you for bringing us another informative and interesting thread today. I think we should dub you Dr. Dolly Doolittle. :)
And speaking of cat tails.......
42 posted on
10/26/2006 11:51:22 AM PDT by
Billie
To: DollyCali
47 posted on
10/26/2006 12:41:13 PM PDT by
potlatch
(Does a clean house indicate that there is a broken computer in it?)
To: DollyCali
Very nice, and thanks for the ping! I still wouldn't want to meet one alone, but he is a gorgeous guy!
115 posted on
10/27/2006 4:17:52 AM PDT by
alwaysconservative
(Some things are so stupid, only an intellectual could believe them. Orwell)
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