In a spell of dry weather, when the Birds could find very little to drink, a thirsty Crow found a pitcher with a little water in it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck, and no matter how he tried, the Crow could not reach the water. The poor thing felt as if he must die of thirst.
Then an idea came to him. Picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the pitcher one by one. With each pebble the water rose a little higher until at last it was near enough so he could drink.
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GJ - Alec Satin was wondering aloud about reaching people with evangelism. I said, "Your books are doing that for people all over the world. The Classic Lutheran Books page on Facebook has 300 participants and Free Books for Lutheran World Missions page has almost 100 participants.
Our congregation's online efforts have been mocked and pilloried by many a pickle-faced Pietist, which was a good sign. When the congregations were stymied by the Wuhan Flu shutdown, we just kept publishing in various forms. Pastor Palangyos is the most traditional, because he jumps in his car - like the circuit riders of old - preaching and teaching.
I thought of this Aesop fable because of the implied lesson - "Every pebble counts, so count not the lone pebble." One pebble does little by itself, but many pebbles accomplish the task.
The Sower and the Seed parable (Matthew 13), the rain and snow in Isaiah 55:9ff, and the Creation lessons throughout the Bible teach us that the pebbles add up - if only we keep faith in the Gospel's effectiveness.
What if all of the efforts and contributions of a lifetime only reached one person with the comfort of the Gospel? Would that be too little? So many clergy, professors, and officials are apostate that simply remaining faithful to the Scriptures is an accomplishment.
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