Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps"); document.writeln("what he sows.1
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document.writeln("The following story has been circling the internet for a few years, but it is");
document.writeln("such a great reminder:
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document.writeln("A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls,");
document.writeln("hurts himself and screams: \"AAAhhhhhhhhhh!\" To his surprise, he hears");
document.writeln("the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain: \"AAAhhhhhhhhhh!\"
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document.writeln("Curious, he yells: \"Who are you?\"
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document.writeln("He receives the answer: \"Who are you?\"
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document.writeln("Angered at the response, he screams: \"Coward!\"
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document.writeln("He receives the answer: \"Coward!\"
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document.writeln("He looks to his father and asks: \"What is going on?\"
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document.writeln("The father smiles and says: \"Son, pay attention.\"
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document.writeln("Then the dad screams to the mountain: \"I admire you!\"
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document.writeln("The voice answers:\"I admire you!\"
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document.writeln("Again the man screams: \"You are a champion!\"
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document.writeln("The voice answers: \"You are a champion!\"
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document.writeln("The boy is surprised, but does not understand.
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document.writeln("Then the father explains: People call this echo, but really this is life.");
document.writeln("It gives you back everything you say or do.2
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document.writeln("Thomas Dreier said, \"The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you");
document.writeln("what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the");
document.writeln("world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you");
document.writeln("are.\"
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document.writeln("As Jesus said, what we sow is what we reap. If we sow negativity, we will reap");
document.writeln("negativity. If we sow bitterness, we will reap bitterness. If we sow criticism,");
document.writeln("we will reap criticism. On the other hand, if we sow love, we will reap love.");
document.writeln("If we sow friendship, we will reap friendship. If we sow encouragement, we will");
document.writeln("reap encouragement. Life gives back what we give to it.
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document.writeln("I encourage you to sow seeds of kindness, encouragement, and love this");
document.writeln("season\'€”and every day\'€”and you will find, in time, that is exactly what you will");
document.writeln("receive back.
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document.writeln("Suggested prayer: Dear God, thank you for your Word that teaches everyday");
document.writeln("principles for a meaningful life. Please help me always to sow seeds of");
document.writeln("kindness, encouragement, and love wherever I go and to whoever I encounter. In");
document.writeln("the name of Jesus I pray, amen.
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document.writeln("1. 1. Galatians 6:7 (NIV)
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document.writeln("2. Unknown author. Seen on the Internet.
Today\'s Encounter was written by: Crystal B.
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