[Faith-talk] Introduction and greetings from Poland.

[halinawoch at gmail.com]

dear Sheilla,
i've just noticed also a welcoming message from you. Thank you for your kind 
words.
and here is for you and for others of course this poem:
There is never a time
when you're not in His thoughts,
never a time without grace,
never a time when He turns away
from any need you face.

There is never a time
when you're not in His heart,
never a time without love,
never a time when you're not blessed
with good things from above!

How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of
them! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I
wake, I am still with Thee. Psalm 139:17-18

 warmly, Halinka.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
To: "Faith-talk,for the discussion of faith and religion" 
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Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Faith-talk] Introduction and greetings from Poland.


> hello, welcome to this list. We are happy to have you here. God bless you 
> and your family in all that you choose to do.
> On 6/9/2013 9:59 AM, 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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