~ ALWAYS the best ! ~

HAVE often considered whether it should be applicable to also make reference as to where I gain much of my information ? Am NOT sure about for every item, but will decide at the appropriate moment whether it is necessary for the reading !

Always, the best.k.

~ CONTENTMENT is gain ~

"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have" (HEBREWS 13:5).

"AS a missionary in Burkina Faso, I was surprised to find that many Africans in our adopted country seemed contented. Paul said that contentment, when coupled with godliness, was "great gain" (1 Timothy 6:6).

As missionaries, we have hurt with the Africans through years of famine, crop failures, dry wells and dead livestock. What a test of one's faith. Often I have asked myself, How would I score? Could I pass the test?

I have observed Rebecca, a pastor's godly wife, as she cooks over an open fire, scrubs her clothes by hand and farms with a hoe. I have seen in her life a submissive, joyful acceptance of the will of God, a contentment with what she has. I marvel at her calmness in turmoil, as she supervises the 35 children under her dormitory roof. I remember her complete trust when food and money were gone. I marveled at how God's grace was her strength the day she rode in the ambulance with her sick husband. She had brought her precious Bible with her, hoping she would be able to witness to the driver during the long ride. This godly woman, so poor in this world's goods, is completely absorbed in telling those who cross her path about Jesus, her dearest Friend.

God makes these two priceless characteristics - godliness and contentment - available to each of His children. But they seem to reside only in the lives of those who are walking close to God and whose treasures are in heaven.

What would an examination of our hearts reveal? Do we desire godliness and contentment in our lives?"

JESSIE NEHLSEN

* see associated post dated 27/11/2010 - Eternity.

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YOU are most welcome to search THIS blog for something you haven't read or seen before !

Cheers.k.

~ AMPUTATE your Leg ??? ~ ..

"WHO would ever dream of amputating his own leg? Nobody - unless that person had lost his mind or was faced with the grim choice of losing either his leg OR his life.

THAT was Bill Jeracki's terrible predicament, according to The Denver Post, when he was out fishing all alone in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He was trapped when a boulder fell on his leg, and he was unable to free himself.

Knowing that as night came on he might die of exposure, Bill did what he knew he had to do. Relying on his skill as an assistant to a doctor at a Denver hospital, he took a nylon rope out of his tackle box, tied it tightly above his knee, and cut off his leg with his knife. He then dragged himself to his car and drove 10 miles to the nearest town. He not only survived the trauma, but with an artificial limb he is out fishing again.

What a decision-your leg or your life! BUT what if the stakes were even higher? Suppose you had to give up some habit, ambition, or relationship, and giving up heaven. THE Lord made the issue of following Him THAT decisive. He said, "What profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, AND loses his own soul?" - Matthew 16:26. It's a question you and I must answer". VCG.

"If I gained the world but not the Savior,
Were my life worth living for a day?
Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort
In the things that soon must pass away?" - Olander.

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"HE IS NO FOOL WHO GIVES WHAT HE CANNOT KEEP TO GAIN WHAT HE CANNOT LOSE" - Elliot.
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