Isn’t it wonderful, when you think, how a little seed asleep, out of the earth new life will drink, and carefully upward creep.

Help received gratefully results in help being given sacrificially.

Johnathan Hershberger, Port Clements BC
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Judge not according to the apppearance, but judge righteous judgement.

to be great, stay at the bottom of the ladder of status and serve…

Dennis Martin, Smithville, TN
Beside the still waters, vol. 30, issue 3

Light of the world, illumine This darkened land of Thine, till ev’rything that’s human Is changed by life divine.

John S. B. Monsell
Beside the still waters, vol. 30, issue 3

Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

Though in obscurity…
Carry the water; deliver the food;
Cheerfully serve for another’s good.

J. R. Martin, Castorland, NY
beside the still waters, vol. 30, issue 3

beside the still waters, vol 30, issue 3

Some things about raising crops are similar to circumstances in everyday life. We can focus on eradicating weeds by cultivating or by using chemicals, or we can focus on sowing a lush cover crop to keep the weeds from growing. If we remove all the weeds, we may end up with bare ground. likewise, we can get engrossed in destroying evil when we should concentrate on promoting good. We have an example of that in today’s bible reading:

Romans 12:21
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.