"Turn to God and change the way you think and act, because the kingdom of heaven is at hand." Matthew 2:3

Friday, August 26, 2011

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND !!!

One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was  hungry.  
          He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.
Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?"
"You don't owe me anything," she replied “Mother has taught us never to accept payment for a kindness."  He said... "Then I thank you from my heart."
As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt; stronger physically, but his faith in God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.  
Years later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors were baffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists to study her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation. When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled his eyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room. Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her.
He recognized her at once. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best to save her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case.  
After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval.
He looked at it, and then wrote something on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to open it, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally, she looked, and something caught; her attention on the side as she read these words..... "Paid in full with one glass of milk."   (Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly.  
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: "Thank You, GOD that your love has spread abroad through human hearts and hands."
Someone once said: "What goes around comes around." A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person.
In the Bible we read “…A man reaps what he sows.” (Galatians 6:7)
The idea that we reap what we sow is more than a cute saying or worthwhile principle. It is an immutable law of nature with as much force as the law of gravity.
It would certainly be a surprise if you planted corn and pumpkins came up. It’s a natural law to reap what we sow. It’s true in other areas too. If you gossip about your friends, you will lose their friendship. Every action has results. If you plant to please your own desires, you’ll reap a crop of sorrow and evil. If you plant to please God, you’ll reap joy and everlasting life. But many a times we ignore this law at our own risk.
It also states that we will reap more than we sow. Imagine tossing a pebble into the center of a small pond. After the splash, you will see ripples radiating to the edges of the pond. Our actions are like that. When you perform an act of kindness, you do more than make one person happy because invariably, the person you helped will be inspired to help another, who in turn will help still another, and so on. In this way, your act of kindness is multiplied. Similarly, the kindness you reap will be multiplied.
We are farmers, sowing and reaping daily. If we remain aware of what we sow, we won’t be reaping thorns instead of tomatoes, contempt instead of compassion, or pain instead of peace.
My final remark is, “Have you considered what you sow?”
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1 comment:

  1. Brother, I thank God for this message. I am encouraged.
    Thank you and God bless you.
    Solomon.

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