But does not the Old Testament promise that God will prosper the faithful? Indeed! God increases our yield so that by giving we can prove that our yield is not our God. God does not prosper a man’s business so that man can move from a Buick to a BMW. God prospers a business so that hundreds of unreached peoples can be reached with the gospel. He prospers a business so that 20 percent of the world’s population can move a step back from the precipice of starvation.
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#1 · July 10, 2007, 12:01 pm

Posted by: jas <jas@...>

Cloudburst Syndicated Poetry
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Copyright (c) 2007, J. Randal Matheny

HIGHS AND LOWS
by J. Randal Matheny

The sunny disposition comes and goes,
The heavenly highs are dogged by human lows.

One drags the will behind, reluctant child
Which ill responds and seldom leaves the wild.

O happy hour when will and duty wed!
How sour when unwanted duty causes dread!

The limbs grow tired, the feet weighed down with lead
But shuffle when requirements fill the head.

Passion lifts the chore, desire gives wings;
When love's at work, the whole body sings.

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