LOVING AND SHARING-REAPING THE HARVEST

LOVING AND SHARING- REAPING THE HARVEST The ONE thing That I KNOW about love Is that the more we give THE more we HAVE To give At least That is the way It has worked for me In this world And SHARING Is one of the first things That we are taught In this world As children I just wonder If the ONES Who don't learn to love And share Are the one Who grow up To be the psychopaths And sociopaths Of this world “WHOEVER sows sparingly Will also reap sparingly And whoever sows bountifully Will also reap bountifully” 2 Corinthians 9:6 This verse is true In EVERY area of our lives It speaks to us To our GENEROSITY Of time-money-and prayer To-and for others “In the midst Of a very severe trial Their overflowing JOY And their extreme poverty Welled up in rich GENEROSITY” 2 Corinthians 8:2 We can ALWAYS Be GENEROUS In some area Of our life If we Have no money We can be generous In other areas And always at least In SHARING our love And PRAYING for others “You will be enriched In every way So that you Can be GENEROUS And through us Your generosity will result In thanksgiving to GOD” 2 Corinthians 9:11 God will PROVIDE for you So that you can SHARE Your LOVE with others In time In money And in PRAYER At least he has DONE so for me But we NEED To trust God LOVE AND SHARE Reap the harvest of love In a way The above verse (“SOWING sparingly-or sowing bountifully”) Speaks to us about FORGIVENESS We NEED to forgive EASILY AND OFTEN (70 x 7) NOT always so easy to do At least for me God is MERCIFUL and KIND To us So he CALLS us to be MERCIFUL AND KIND to others But MOST of all THIS verse speaks to us ABOUT LOVE The well of our love NEVER runs dry GIVING ourselves away IN LOVE ALLOWS us To live authentically and joyfully For if we Are truly living by LOVING AND SHARING It allows us to REAP IN THE HARVEST Robert P. Wallman 8-9-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Kristin Armstrong