Gen 2:15 The Lord God took the man & put him in the garden of Eden to work it & keep it. John 6:12 When they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” Ex 23:10-11 “For six years you shall sow your land & gather in its yield, but the seventh year you shall let it rest & lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; & what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, & with your olive orchard. — God put them in the garden to WORK & KEEP IT! God also believes in leftovers! And God believed in supporting the poor, however, it is up to them to WORK the land to gather so they may eat. —Eccl 5:18 Behold, what I have seen to be good & fitting is to eat & drink & find enjoyment in all the toil with which one toils under the sun the few days of his life that God has given him, for this is his lot. Colossians 3:23 Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord & not for men. — We are to enjoy our WORK & to do it as unto Him! But don’t forget to rest on the sabbath! It is there to regenerate us! Love Mel
An Amazing Story
A story worth sharing from WWII! “Elmer Bendiner was a B-17 navigator during WWII. He tells the story of a bombing run over Kassel, Germany, and the unexpected result of a direct hit on their gas tanks. “Our B-17, the Tondelayo, was barraged by flak from Nazi antiaircraft guns. That was typical, but on this particular occasion our gas tanks were hit. Later, as I reflected on the miracle of a 20 millimeter shell piercing the fuel tank without touching off an explosion, our pilot, Bohn Fawkes, told me it was more complicated. On the morning following the raid, Bohn asked our crew chief for that shell as a souvenir of our unbelievable luck. The crew chief told Bohn that, in addition to that shell, another 11 were found in the gas tanks. Eleven unexploded shells where only one was sufficient to blast us out of the sky. It was as if the sea had parted for us. A near-miracle, I thought. Even after 35 years, this awesome event leaves me shaken, especially after I heard the rest of the story from Bohn. Bohn was told that the shells were sent to the armorers to be defused. The armorers told him that Intelligence had then picked them up. They couldn’t say why at the time, but Bohn eventually sought out the answer. Apparently when the armorers opened each of those shells, they found no explosive charge. They were clean as a whistle and just as harmless. Empty? Not all of them! One contained a carefully rolled piece of paper with a scrawled message in Czech. The Intelligence people scoured our base for a man who could read Czech. Eventually they found one to decipher the note. It was amazing! Translated, the note read: “This is all we can do for you now. Using Jewish slave labor is never a good idea.” — We can all do something! Love Mel
