Jenifer gilley
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remembering how to fly."
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From: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Linda Gosse" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:33 AM
Subject: The Word For Today: Thursday July 27th


> "HE HAD COMPASSION ON THEM AND HEALED THEIR SICK." ( MATTHEW 14:14 NIV ) 
> CONTROL YOUR EMOTIONS (3) Before you congratulate yourself on having your 
> emotions in check, understand that there's another side to the 
> coin-control but no compassion, moral indignation over human suffering yet 
> no corresponding action. James talks about these folks. And they are 
> church folks too. They see the pain and unmet needs of others. They have 
> the ability to do something about it. But they lack the willingness or 
> care, so they walk away muttering about being too busy. Or they try to 
> assuage their conscience with a token gift. James asks, "How dwelleth the 
> love of God in him?" ( 1 Jn 3:17 ). How indeed? If we are not responsible, 
> who is? If we don't do soemthing, who will? "Faith without works is dead" 
> ( Jas 2:20 ). You're only disciplining your emotions-if you translate them 
> into responsible action. And your "somebody ought to do something about 
> this" sentiments won't get you off the hook.
> Willism Barclay wrote: "There is nothing more dangerous than the repeated 
> experience of a fine emotion with no attempt to put it into action. It is 
> a fact that every time a man feels a noble impulse without taking action, 
> he becomes less likely ever to take action. In a sense it is true to say 
> that a man has no right to feel sympathy, unless he at least tries to put 
> that sympathy into action. An emotion is not something in which to 
> luxuriate; it is something which at the cost of effort and of toil, of 
> discipline and of sacrifice, must be turned into the stuff of life." That 
> just about says it all-doesn't it? Linda("The Prayerwarrior/Angel") (\o/) 
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