As I sent my last email I forgot to end with an inspriring story of a missionary, William Borden. You can get a more detailed account of him online if you'd like. He was from the "Borden" family, attended Yale and graduated top of his class. When he began at Yale he started a bible study that included 100 of his classmates. When he graduated, 1000 of the 1300 graduating participated in this study!! He was highly sought after by everyone upon graduation because of his family background, academic, and, leadership qualities. However, he knew God was calling him into full time ministry as a missionary. The response of most, like Mary actually, was, "what a waste"! A month into training to be a missionary he contracted spinal meningitis and died, before accomplishing anything! Can you just hear the people now, I can?! The newspapers, amazingly, said this " a wave of sorrow went across the world today. Borden not only gave away his wealth, but himself, in a way that seemed more of a privilege than a sacrifice", WOW!!!!!
When they returned his effects to his family, his Bible was included, and in the back he had written these three lines,
No Reserves
No Retreats
No Regrets
WOW!!!!!
I have one thing written in the back of my Bible and it is a quote from my late Aunt that was written in her Bible and read at her standing room only funeral, "all the good in me is God, all the bad in me is me, and it's so true!
I hope that when you see me I'm showing the good!!!
I intend to add these three lines also;
No Reserves
No Retreats
No Regrets
We are better together!!!
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