<To Carole> Re: UNANSWERED LETTERS

[Guest guest]

Dear Alice,

You are most welcome. Your post really spoke to me. I'm glad my

response made your day. You and everyone else in this group keeps

me centered, so even when things are tough this is a wonderful

healing place to come. Thank you for your condolences.

Love and Light,

Carole

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> > UNANSWERED LETTERS

> >

> > There are many times when we begin a certain task that God

lays on

> our hearts and because we think our efforts are minimal and not

> making a difference, we quit the job that God told us to pursue.

> >

> > The enemy loves to plant seeds of doubt and lure us into

thinking

> that we are not capable of making a difference in this world,

but

> with God's help we can overcome and fulfill the destiny that God

has

> for every believer.

> >

> > If you are going through a situation of doubting your task

unto

> the Lord, then I hope this story will bless and encourage you to

> never quit what God has laid on your heart because you may never

> know of the lives that you are touching.

> >

> > I read of a man who was involved in a tragic accident.

> >

> > He lost both legs and his left arm and only a finger and thumb

> remained on the right hand.

> >

> > But he still possessed a brilliant mind, enriched with a good

> education and broadened with world travel.

> >

> > At first he thought there was nothing he could do but remain a

> helpless sufferer.

> >

> > A thought came to him.

> >

> > It was always nice to receive letters, but why not write them--

he

> could still use his right hand with some difficulty.

> >

> > But to whom could be right?

> >

> > Was there anyone shut-in and incapacitated like he was who

could

> be encouraged by his letters?

> >

> > He thought of men in prison--they did have some hope of

release,

> whereas he had none--but it was worth a try.

> >

> > He wrote to a Christian organization concerned with prison

> ministry.

> >

> > He was told that his letters could not be answered because it

was

> against prison rules, but he still decided to commence this one-

> sided correspondence.

> >

> > He wrote twice a week, and it taxed his strength to the limit.

> >

> > But into the letters he put his whole soul, all his

experience,

> all his faith, all his wit, and all his Christian optimism.

> >

> > Frequently he felt discouraged and was tempted to give it all

up.

> >

> > But it was his one remaining activity, and he resolved to

continue

> as long as he could.

> >

> > At last he got a letter.

> >

> > It was very short, written on prison stationery by the officer

> whose duty it was to censor the mail.

> >

> > All it said was: " Please write on the best paper you can

afford.

> Your letters are passed from cell to cell till they literally

fall

> to pieces. "

> >

> > No matter what your situation may be like, you still have the

> ability to encourage someone who is discouraged and lift up

someone

> who is feeling low.

> >

> > Take this story as an encouragement to give your all for

someone

> else and do not worry about the results.

> >

> > No good work will go unseen and only God knows of the impact

that

> your life can have on someone else.

> >

> > Let us not do our good works so that we may be praised, but

let us

> do good works so that others may be lifted up and God be praised

> because of our intervention.

> >

> > The only thing that we can take with us into eternity is what

we

> have done for the Lord.

> >

> > There are no bank accounts in heaven to show how much your net

> worth was on the earth, but there will be accounts in heaven of

what

> you did to show your life as an example in leading others to Him.

> >

> > -- Author Unknown

> >

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