----- Original Message ----- From: "MountainWings" <[email protected]> To: "Cynthia Gropman" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 12:10 AM Subject: MountainWings:Friday - Evergreens
> ------------------------------------------------- > MountainWings A MountainWings Moment > #9002 Wings Over The Mountains of Life > ------------------------------------------------- > > Evergreens > =========== > > A comment on the issue, "Winter Is Coming!" > > > Winter is coming and winter is here. > > Another word for winter in this context is famine. Many COULD > falter by this economic downturn but NONE of us needs to. > > It's all about adapting to the environment. Nature tells us > this every day. For example, if you go outside in the spring, > all of the tress has leaves. It's not until the winter comes > that you see which trees have learned to adapt to their > surroundings and hold their foliage year-round. There's no > hiding them. They are the EVERGREENS. > > No matter how bad the external forces of the environment, > evergreens (conifers) are a constant fixture year-round. It's > embedded in their physical makeup. For many years, Christians > have BLENDED into the fabric of society, just like all trees do > in the spring. As winter approaches, however, external > circumstances tell if we as Christians are truly "evergreen". > > The upcoming trials will testify in every person's life if our > faith will remain as grounded in God thru the famine as it was > in the times of plenty. In the end only a few will remain > standing because what we are on the inside will keep us glowing > to a dark world on the outside. > > A Chinese proverb says it best: "It is only when the cold > season comes that we know pine and cypress to be evergreens." > > ~A MountainWings Original by Wendy Eason, Atlanta, GA~ > > Winter Is Coming http://www.mountainwings.com/past/8365.htm > > Forward this issue to a friend or send them the link below: > http://www.mountainwings.com/past/xxxx.htm > > Thank you for inviting MountainWings into your mailbox. > Change a life, give a friend MountainWings. > See you tomorrow. > > **************************************************************** > www.MountainWings.com "Wings Over The Mountains of Life" > To: Subscribe, Un-Subscribe, Get a Book, T-Shirt, Rate Issues, > Tell Friends about MountainWings, Read Past Issues, Donations, > Submit a MountainWings Moment or Prayer Request, Set homepage to > Daily issue in larger type Go To: http://www.mountainwings.com > Click to unsubscribe: http://www.mountainwings.com/remove.html > **************************************************************** > MountainWings, POBox 43725, 120 Selig Dr., Atlanta, GA 30336 USA > You are subscribed as: [email protected] > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
