Thursday, March 12, 2015

As Sure As Earth's Turning... What Goes Around Comes Around


"What goes around comes around" is another way of saying what God put into the Apostle Paul's heart 2000 years ago, in his letter to the church in Galatia..."Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."  Gal.6:7. This is one of those divinely appointed rules of life which are are given us as a benefit to both ourselves and to those around us ... "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Psm.119:105. 

If 84 years of life's experiences have taught me anything, one of the primary things is a confirmation of Gal.6:7  "We sow what we reap and reap what we sow". It may take time but what goes around comes around. RB

Here is just one, but a classical example of the fact...

His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer. One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog. He dropped his tools and ran to the bog. There, mired to his waist in black muck, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself. Farmer Fleming saved the lad from what could have been a slow and terrifying death. The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's sparse surroundings. An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved. 'I want to repay you,' said the nobleman. 'You saved my son's life.' 'No, I can't accept payment for what I did,' the Scottish farmer replied waving off the offer. At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel. 'Is that your son?' the nobleman asked. 'Yes,' the farmer replied proudly. 'I'll make you a 
deal. Let me provide him with the level of education my own son will enjoy. If the lad is anything like his father, he'll no doubt grow to be a man we both will be proud of.' And that he did. Farmer Fleming's son attended the very best schools and in time, graduated from St Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of Penicillin. Years afterward, the same nobleman's son who was saved from the bog was stricken with pneumonia. What saved his life this time? Penicillin. The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill ... His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill. What goes around comes around.