tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486713232029155260.post4013717432809358014..comments2023-03-23T04:15:28.153-07:00Comments on Branching Out...sowing seeds of grace: Strong Enough to BreakCynthia Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11365224825615524184noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5486713232029155260.post-7780559556948549222013-11-14T12:42:03.643-08:002013-11-14T12:42:03.643-08:00Dear Cynthia, you have touched another of my heart...Dear Cynthia, you have touched another of my heart strings. In the past few years, I have been giving people a gift, the opportunity to give. Originally, it was a rather cynical, and personally humorous, way of looking at asking people to contribute to a scholarship or a charity. But with prayer, its taken on two serious aspects. One, I realized that it was me admitting that I cannot do things alone, I am not able to see accomplishing things that I wished I could do by myself. With that, a deeper realization came to me that the only good things "I" accomplish are done so when I ask for and receive God's aid. The other was a prayerful realization that giving people a chance to help or give was helping them become better people, to experience charity, to experience that joy that comes from truly giving, almost an evangelical moment. It's not particularly natural to look outside one's own needs. Asking people for help gives them a chance to fulfill the commandment to love one another and so grow closer to Jesus.Searcher number 8https://www.blogger.com/profile/00921463705927943559noreply@blogger.com