Seasons

1 Corinthians 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Came across this powerful story and wanted to share it with you.

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted them to learn to not judge things too quickly, so he sent them each on a quest to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. He sent his first son in the winter, his second in the spring, his third in summer and his youngest in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no - it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed, he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

After hearing all his son's responses, the wise father replied, "Sons, you are all right -- because you have each seen only one season in the tree's life. But you cannot judge a tree, or a person, or anything else by only one season. Most things can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons have come to pass".

Peace,
Tim

No one stopped

The other day I was coming home from downtown Savannah. To get from downtown Savannah to my house you can take the expressway for a faster trip. The ramp I normally get off on is always backed up with cars. When I say backed up I mean there are about 25 – 30 cars from the stop light to the beginning of the off ramp. On this day at the bottom of the ramp there was a man & a woman standing there on the sidewalk by the stop light. I could see that they were probably in their 50s or at least looked like it. I could also see they were holding a sign but from where I was in line I could not see what it said. I figured they were there asking for help as I’ve seen other people there doing the same thing. As the light changed and all the cars moved down the ramp I began to notice that not one person was stopping to give them anything or even ask them if they were ok. After a few minutes I was finally close enough to see what the sign said… “We are stranded and need help”. By the time I went through the stop light still not one person had stopped to help in anyway.

Now I know what your thinking, most people are afraid to stop or think that the person you are giving money to will just blow it on booze or drugs. If you’re a so called Christian this is not the way you should be thinking. Because what they do with the money you gave out of the kindness of your heart is between them and God. We can never truly know someone's motives, only God knows their heart and they will have to answer to Him for what they do with the kindness you showed. Christ never gave restrictions on kindness.

Matthew 25:40 "As you have done it unto the least of these my brethren, you have done it unto me".

US envoy says world must push for peace in Sudan

SaveDarfur.org has a post called "US envoy says world must push for peace in Sudan" that's worth checking out...

By FOSTER KLUG WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan said Tuesday that the world must make urgent efforts to help the African country fully apply the terms of a 2005 peace accord that ended a 22-year civil war between…