[Faith-talk] Introduction and greetings from Poland.

[rhonda cruz]

 hi wellcome to the group,
 my name is rhonda,
 i'm from the state of ccalifornia.

On Jun 9, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Andrew wrote:

> welcome to the group I am glad you are here.  welcome to the group. I
> am from Ontario Canada I love making new Christian friends doing email
> Skype reading and things like that. I love meeting other Christians.
> I hope to get to know you better.
> 
> On 6/9/13, halinawoch at gmail.com <halinawoch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear all,
>> since now you will have another friend and sister. It is me.
>> My name is Halinka and I live in krakow with my husband Andrzej - in English
>> Andrew and eighteen yers old son Dominik.
>> One of my dream was to make friends with other believers from different
>> corners of this globe and now thank to Andrew, awesome and gorgeous Friend
>> and brother, it becomes possible.
>> Otherwise how could I know about this or other Christian groups?
>> there are many mailing lists where owners do not allow sharing addresses of
>> other lists but still we can send a private message to people and they will
>> accept or reject but a great work for our Lord is done.
>> Here is for all of you, a beautiful piece about giving from Prophet by
>> khalil Gibran:
>> 
>> You give but little when you give of your possessions.
>> 
>> It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.
>> 
>> For what are your possessions but things you keep and guard for fear you
>> may need them tomorrow?
>> 
>> And tomorrow, what shall tomorrow bring to the overprudent dog burying
>> bones in the trackless sand as he follows the pilgrims to the holy city?
>> 
>> And what is fear of need but need itself?
>> 
>> Is not dread of thirst when your well is full, thirst that is unquenchable?
>> 
>> There are those who give little of the much which they have - and they
>> give it for recognition and their hidden desire makes their gifts
>> unwholesome.
>> 
>> And there are those who have little and give it all.
>> 
>> These are the believers in life and the bounty of life, and their coffer
>> is never empty.
>> 
>> There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.
>> 
>> And there are those who give with pain, and that pain is their baptism.
>> 
>> And there are those who give and know not pain in giving, nor do they
>> seek joy, nor give with mindfulness of virtue;
>> 
>> They give as in yonder valley the myrtle breathes its fragrance into space.
>> 
>> Though the hands of such as these God speaks, and from behind their eyes
>> He smiles upon the earth.
>> 
>> It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through
>> understanding;
>> 
>> And to the open-handed the search for one who shall receive is joy
>> greater than giving
>> 
>> And is there aught you would withhold?
>> 
>> All you have shall some day be given;
>> 
>> Therefore give now, that the season of giving may be yours and not your
>> inheritors'.
>> 
>> You often say, "I would give, but only to the deserving."
>> 
>> The trees in your orchard say not so, nor the flocks in your pasture.
>> 
>> They give that they may live, for to withhold is to perish.
>> 
>> Surely he who is worthy to receive his days and his nights is worthy of
>> all else from you.
>> 
>> And he who has deserved to drink from the ocean of life deserves to fill
>> his cup from your little stream.
>> 
>> And what desert greater shall there be than that which lies in the
>> courage and the confidence, nay the charity, of receiving?
>> 
>> And who are you that men should rend their bosom and unveil their pride,
>> that you may see their worth naked and their pride unabashed?
>> 
>> See first that you yourself deserve to be a giver, and an instrument of
>> giving.
>> 
>> For in truth it is life that gives unto life - while you, who deem
>> yourself a giver, are but a witness.
>> 
>> And you receivers - and you are all receivers - assume no weight of
>> gratitude, lest you lay a yoke upon yourself and upon him who gives.
>> 
>> Rather rise together with the giver on his gifts as on wings;
>> 
>> For to be overmindful of your debt, is to doubt his generosity who has
>> the free-hearted earth for mother, and God for father.
>> With a grateful heart, Halinka from Poland, Krakow.
>> 
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