Labels:text | screenshot | font | black and white OCR: Promoting A Humble Search For The Viewpoint Of Our Lord Jesus Christ A Ministry By William J. Reed Year 2 Issue # 11 November 1996 CP XVIII "THAT'S GRATITUDE FOR 'YA" A bunch of my high school buddies "famous" at our school. After all that time, we used to hang out at a coffee shop called The had figured out that he really didn't like us. He Nook Cafe. I was normally a part of the obviously associated us with our money! regulars, cueing up with them for our usual In retrospect, I wonder if we're not share of coffee --- a "share" that could easily all a little like him. Even within myself, I've have gone way beyond the point where the free refills dried up, and effectivelykickedus out of often found a spark of this kind of attitude for God. I like His gifts .... and the "freebies" are the place. Man, we just loved to get stuff "free". Actually, we didn't mind paying for my favorites. I enjoy receiving things from Him, but I haven't really given enough thought things either .... as long as we had the money. "We", that is, except for the occasional to Him. Just to Him. "sponge". Like most teenagers, we had our The problem here is a matter of growth The greatest commandment for a own slang words for things back then We Christian is to "love God totally". (Mark didn't call selfish people "sponges", we called 12:30) Yet, when I survey my "love", I find it them "bogarts". (I always figured that this term to be more of a type of love that seems to came from the namesake of the famous actor. I still don't know why, or even if that's correct.) come-across like "gratitude". I love mylife. Ilove my family. I love One day, however, this all changed for all the wonderful things bestowed upon me. I our little group of friends. even love the guidance and the correction I don't know when we started noticing it, but one of our friends started given! But, God Himself ?.... Well, I'm "putting the bite" on us quite regularly. We grateful to Him .... I appreciate Him .... I didn't really mind at first, because he said that respect Him .... I honor and worship Him. I confess that I love many things about Him .... he was broke. We knew the feeling, so we but .... I ask myself .... do I really love HIM ?? pitched in for him. Thiswent on for some time, I love many things about my wife. I until the fateful day came that we all found out love her attitudes, characteristics, traits, and that this guy had always had plenty of money on him all along, When we confronted him features. I love the way she looks, and laughs, about it, he proceeded to give some "lame" and thinks. More than this though ... I simply love her. I suggest here that there is a big excuse about saving it for something else he difference in this. wanted to do. You know, once these hand outs When people break-up (even after stopped, he never seemed to be around anymore. From that day forward, the term many years of marriage), you often hear them "bogart" was changed to his last name. recant, "Well, we just don't love each other anymore." When askedto explain, most Christian Perspectives Needless to say, my friends made him pretty Continued on back page-
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