Brown's Daily Word 6-22-09

Good morning,
Praise the Lord for this new day. Praise the Lord for the summer season of sowing and tending. Praise the Lord for seasons of sowing and the seasons of reaping. "Those who sow with tears shall reap withe songs of harvest, bringing in the sheaves." Our Lord God is our great provider and faithful supplier. Our Lord Jesus talked about the sower, the seeds, and the soil. It is written:“He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will also supply and increase your store of seed and will enlarge the harvest of your righteousness. You will be made rich in every ways so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. The service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of god’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of tanks to God.” Some time ago I read the story about Amedeo Obici: Amedeo Obici was born in 1876 in a small village near Venice, Italy. His widowed mother read him letters from his uncle in America, and Amedeo told everyone he was going to America one day. By the time he was 11 years old, his family had helped him save enough money for an immigrant’s ticket to America, and he set sail by himself. In one account of his story it says Amedeo had no money for food, so his mother gave him a bag of peanuts which was all he had to eat for the 10 day trip across the ocean. When he reached America, this land of opportunity, Amedeo, at 11 years of age, went to work as a bellhop and also as a helper at a fruit stand. He worked hard and saved his money as he had promised his mother. Amedeo soon learned that Americans liked the peanuts he shared with them, but few, if any, were growing them here. Thus, he found a place to plant the handful of peanuts he had left. While his peanuts were growing, he saved enough money to buy a horse and wagon. When his peanut crop came in, he drove around calling himself “The Peanut Specialist” selling roasted peanuts. By 1906 he had developed his own method of blanching and roasting peanuts and founded Planters Peanuts headquartered in Suffolk, VA. He became wealthy enough to send money to his family in Italy, and, years later, he gave to the city of Suffolk theLouise Obici Hospital named after his wife. Though Amedeo had only a handful of peanuts, he had the choice of what he could do with them. He could have eaten them or sold them, but he wisely chose to plant what he had so that, in time, he would have enough to eat, give away, and sell so that he could send money to his family. What will we do with the resources with which the Lord has entrusted us? Will we consume them, or will we plant them? If we plant them, will we plant sparingly, or will we plant generously? It is written in Scripture the words of our Lord concerning sowing and harvesting, "The point is this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. " God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work.Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
In Jesus name, Amen.
In Him,
Brown

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