Overthinking Out Loud

I just love ITunes. Especially free Itunes. Anyway, I was searching tonight to see if VeggieTales had a podcast and found this . Phil Vischer speaks to Seattle Pacific University students on what happens when God give you a dream, fulfills it, and the dream dies. 21 minutes, given sometime in late 2004 or early 2005. It actually makes me a little nervous, since we're coming in the middle of the story of Joseph in Parker's nightly Bible reading (he had the dreams last night, and was sold into slavery tonight) and then I end up listening to this. I think I'll go check to make sure the children are still breathing. . .

Several months ago, God impressed upon me the notion to be very careful how I acted towards others. The Bible says in Galatians 6:7 that whatever we sow (plant), that is what we'll reap (harvest). He impressed upon me the need to pray every day to only sow desireable things in others' lives. I've seen these past months many folks who have harvested undesirable outcomes--sometimes immediately, sometimes years later. Some of these have been very mature believers. Almost all of these people have been totally unaware of what they were planting when they acted the way they did. Some have ripped people off. Then gotten ripped off. Some have tried to silence another's ministry. Their ministry has been silenced. Some missionaries have tried to get others sent home. They are home now. Some missionaries tried to force families to live in unsuitable housing conditions. They then were moved into unsuitable housing conditions. NONE of these people realize how they planted the seed o...