THROUGH THE BIBLE IN THREE YEARS
Things one learns from children:
1. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
2. A 3-year-old is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.
3. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.
4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42-pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a superman cape. It is strong enough, however, to spread paint on all four walls of a large room.
5. Don't expect children to automatically share toys.
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Ecclesiastes 11
1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
2 Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
3 If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
KJV
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The first two verses speak of sharing, giving. It has been said that we possess nothing except that which we have given away; and only that, because it comes back to us from others. Whether we share food with the hungry, clothes with the poor, money with the needy - sharing is the virtue of a loving heart.
Jesus said our greatest concern should be the "laying up" of "treasure in heaven" (Matthew 6:20). We might have an abundance of material things which we can share with others. And we should certainly give without thought of return. We are instructed of our Master to "GIVE" (Luke 6:38).
However that "Bread" of which we have the greatest abundance is Jesus Himself. Sharing and giving Jesus Christ is sharing and giving the "Bread of life" (John 6:35).
When we give Christ to others, that "Bread" comes back to nourish us!
Verse 3 speaks of the importance of sharing and giving NOW! Life is brief and uncertain, and the time is NOW to share the gospel with others. When a tree falls in the forest, whichever direction it fell, it will certainly lie. When a person dies, whether he knew Christ or not, determines which direction he falls!
Considering the brevity and uncertainty of life, tomorrow may be TOO LATE to share Jesus with someone!
Love ya,
Bruce