"THE STORY GOES....."
THERE WAS A FARMER WHO HAD A VERY NICE FARM...HIS FARM HAD BEAUTIFUL PASTURES, WITH A LAKE. ...THE FENCES AROUND HIS PASTURES WERE VERY STRONG - AND THE FENCES WERE VERY ATTRACTIVE - ("PICTURE" THIS: THE FENCES LOOKED like PICTURE FRAMES OF THE NATURALLY BRIGHT GREEN GRASS!)
THE FARMER HAD LIVED THERE FOR MANY YEARS.....HIS PASTURES WERE **SO* PRODUCTIVE - IT FED THE HORSES AND CATTLE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, **AND* PRODUCED ENOUGH GRASS - SO THAT IT COULD BE CUT AND BALED INTO ENOUGH HAY TO FEED THE CATTLE AND HORSES ALL THROUGH THE WINTER!!!
THERE CAME A DAY WHEN THE FARMER DECIDED TO SELL HIS FARM AND HOME...AND THEN RETIRE. THE FARMER CONTACTED A REAL ESTATE AGENT, ASKING THE AGENT TO SELL HIS FARM.

A FEW DAYS LATER,THE FARMER WAS READING THE NEWSPAPER...HE SAW AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR "A VERY COMFORTABLE, NICE COUNTRY HOME, OVERLOOKING A BEAUTIFUL LAKE, SPACIOUS PASTURES AND A LARGE BARN".
THE FARMER WAS SO ATTRACTED BY THE DESCRIPTION IN THE ADVERSTISEMENT.....THAT HE CALLED THE REAL ESTATE AGENT AND EXCLAIMED "THAT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT **I* WANT TO BUY!"
THE AGENT CHECKED HIS FILES...AND SAID TO THE FARMER: "SIR, THAT IS ***YOUR** FARM---WHICH YOU
ASKED US TO SELL!!!
***STORY #2:
I (Barry) HAVE A FRIEND NAMED JOHN. JOHN AND I HAVE BEEN CLOSE FRIENDS FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE SHARE WITH EACH OTHER ALMOST EVERYTHING IN OUR LIVES.
JOHN AND I HAVE A MUTUAL FRIEND NAMED JACK. JOHN SAID TO ME THAT JACK IS A MULTI-TALENTED MAN! JACK IS A TALENTED AUTO MECHANIC, HE CAN BUILD HOUSES AND OTHER TYPES OF BUILDINGS, AND HE CAN DO ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING WORK NEEDED IN THOSE BUILDINGS.
JOHN WAS TELLING ME (BARRY) THAT HE (JOHN) WISHES THAT HE WISHES THAT HE COULD DO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS "LIKE JACK CAN DO"!
JOHN THEN SAID (OF HIMSELF) "I CANNOT DO **ANY* OF THE THINGS THAT JACK CAN! ALL I CAN DO IS STUDY THE BIBLE AND SHARE IT WITH OTHERS!"
RECENTLY, JOHN SAID THAT "...THE LORD GAVE HIM UNDERSTANDING THAT HE (THE LORD) IS USING JOHN'S BIBLE STUDY/ TO DO AN ETERNAL WORK-BUILDING OTHERS' FAITH!
**FOCUS ON JESUS, NOT ON OTHERS. SEEK AND FOLLOW GOD'S PLAN! (ICor.1:30/Jer. 29:11)