Monday
2 Corinthians 9:3
I am sending brothers just to be sure they really are ready, as I told them they must be, with their money all collected. I don’t want it to turn out that I was wrong in my boasting about You.
Tuesday
2 Corinthians 9:4
I would be humiliated--and so would You--if some brothers came with me only to find that You aren’t ready after all I had told them!
Wednesday
2 Corinthians 9:5
So I thought I should send these brothers ahead of me to make sure the gift You promised is ready. But I want it to be a willing gift, not one given under pressure.
Thursday
2 Corinthians 9:6
I remember this--a farmer who plants only a few seeds will get only a small crop. But the one who plants generously will get a generous crop.
Friday
2 Corinthians 9:7
I must make up my own mind as to how much I should give. I don’t give reluctantly or in response to pressure. For You love the person who gives cheerfully.
Zingers from Croft M. Pentz, Tyndale House Publishers
3656. If you can’t run with the dogs, stay off the porch.
3657. The world gets better every day--and then gets worse toward the evening.
3658. The first step to senility is to believe you have all the answers.
3659. Middle age is when you look into the mirror and wish you hadn’t.
3660. The way I see it, you’re only young once--and it takes years of middle age to get over it.
