KeepiNDFaith!

There is a legend of a man who was lost in the desert, dying of thirst. He stumbled on until he came to an abandoned house. Outside the dilapidated,windowless, weather-beaten, deserted shack was a pump. He staggered forward and began pumping furiously but no water came out.

Then he noticed a small jug with a cork at the top and a note written on the side: "You have to prime the pump with water, my friend. P. S. And fill the jug again beforeyou leave."

He pulled out the cork and saw that the jug was full of water. Should he pour it down the pump? What if it didn`t work? All of the waterwould be gone. If he drank the water from the jug, he could be sure he would not die of thirst. But to pour it down the rusty pump on the flimsy instruction written on the outside of the jug?

Something told him to follow the advice and choose the risky decision. He proceeded to pour the whole jug of water down the rusty old pump andfuriously pumped up and down. Sure enough, the water gushed out! He had all he needed to drink. He filled the jug again, corked it, and added his own words beneath the instructions on the jug: "Believe me, it really works. You have to give it all away before you can get anything back."The principle is well stated in the Good Book by the Lord, our God: "He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully willalso reap bountifully."