Thank God For This Gift Too Wonderful For Words

Remember this — a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop. You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. “For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.”

And God will generously provide all you need. Then you will always have everything you need and plenty left over to share with others. As the Scriptures say,
“They share freely and give generously to the poor.
Their good deeds will be remembered forever.”

For God is the one who provides seed for the farmer and then bread to eat. In the same way, he will provide and increase your resources and then produce a great harvest of generosity in you.

Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God.

So two good things will result from this ministry of giving—the needs of the believers in Jerusalem will be met, and they will joyfully express their thanks to God.

As a result of your ministry, they will give glory to God. For your generosity to them and to all believers will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ. And they will pray for you with deep affection because of the overflowing grace God has given to you.

Thank God for this gift too wonderful for words!
2 Corinthians 9:6-15 (NLT)

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My Gardener

I'm so excited to have a guest post this week from Bruce...

I love gardening. But, I hate weeding.
Yet weeding is necessary, and not just because the unwanted organisms are unsightly. It is necessary because weeds act like parasites, depriving the plants of a garden from the vital water and nutrients in the ground. They are killers. Surely I am not the only one who has had a garden once beautiful with blossoms taken over by an invader like bermuda grass.

I love the idea that God is a gardener caring for me. But I hate weeding. Or to the point, I hate being weeded. It is necessary. It is necessary for me to be a vibrant spiritual being. It is necessary that God should reach into my corrupt heart and dig out the invader: the invader who slowly but ever so surely depletes my sometimes weary soul.

Lord, teach me to love your careful weeding. You are my gardener. I am Your vine.

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God Makes All Things Beautiful

 "He has made everything beautiful in its time.  Also He has put eternity in their hearts, except that no one can find out the work that God does from beginning to end.  I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice, and to do good in their lives, and also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor-- it is the gift of God."


Ecclesiastes 3:11-13














Contributed by Sarah from www.insarahsshoes.com

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