Two Seas

Praise the Lord, Chosen Women!

I pray that you had a wonderful weekend of Mother's Day celebration. I stretched it out until the very last seconds on Sunday -- late into the evening making my requests known to my guys because, "It's STILL Mother's Day!" LOL Sometimes it is okay to embrace a moment set aside for you!

Please take a moment to click on the "Events" page to view your personal invitation to the Shining Light Praise Temple's W.A.I.T. (Women Abiding in Truth) Annual Spring Luncheon hosted by my dear friends W.A.I.T. President Lady Victoria Hardy, and First Lady Lucretia Thornton of Shining Light Praise Temple. I attended this wonderful event last year and had such a great time I wanted to be sure that you knew all about it. I plan to there, and would love to see you!

For tickets ($20 for adults includes your lunch; $10 for children under 12) please contact Sis. Victoria Hardy at (661) 916-618, or email me at [email protected]. We will be blessed by the awesome ministry of Pastor Hope Benn of Connection 4 Life World Outreach Ministries, our luncheon guest speaker!

I found this little poem online, and thought it was interesting. I will post it 2InspireU and ask -- what kind of sea are you?
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Two Seas

There are two seas in Palestine. One is fresh, and fish are in it. Splashes of green adorn its banks. Trees spread their branches over it and stretch out their thirsty roots to sip of its healing waters. Along its shores the children play, as children played when He was there. He loved it. He could look across its silver surface when He spoke His parables. And on a rolling plain not far away He fed five thousand people.

The River Jordan makes this sea with sparkling water from the hills. So it laughs in the sunshine. And men build their houses near to it, and birds their nests; and every kind of life is happier because it is there.

The River Jordan flows on south into another sea. Here is no splash of fish, no fluttering leaf, no song of birds, no children's laughter. Travelers choose another route, unless on urgent business. The air hangs heavy above its water, and neither man nor beast nor fowl will drink.

What makes this mighty difference in these neighbor seas? Not the river Jordan. It empties the same good water into both. Not the soil in which they lie not the country about.

This is the difference. The Sea of Galilee receives but does not keep the Jordan. For every drop that flows into it another drop flows out. The giving and receiving go on in equal measure.

The other sea is shrewder, hoarding its income jealously. It will not be tempted into any generous impulse. Every drop it gets, it keeps.

The Sea of Galilee gives and lives. This other sea gives nothing. It is named The Dead. There are two kinds of people in the world. There are two seas in Palestine.

by Gayle D. Erwin

In Service for the Master,

Evangelist Lisa Y. Mitchell