[Faith-talk] Introduction and greetings from Poland.

Mon Jun 10 17:52:39 UTC 2013

thank you very much. That is a lovely poem.
On 6/10/2013 6:41 AM, halinawoch at gmail.com wrote:
> 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" 
> <faith-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 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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