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On Tuesday night, my high school sponsored an "Authors Night" for those in the District that have published a book. I had my suspicions that turn out would be low and it was. A massive rainstorm and general apathy dampened the crowd.  One of the lessons of life that I have learned is that I am being called to be faithful. Not successful, faithful. So, in regards to the scant attendance, I tried to, and was able to, keep a positive attitude and not disrespect the others who came out to share their books--and to those in the audience who attended. They didn't deserve disappointment. I also kept in mind that one never knows the power of reaching one person...as the adage goes, "One can count the amount of seeds in an apple, but one cannot count the amount of apples in one seed." We forget that Jesus spent most of his ministry in the company of twelve men, one of who turned out to be a Betrayer. If we go by the 12 person model of ministry, pouring our live

1 Peter 4:8 English Standard Version (ESV) Above all, keep lovi ng one another earnestly, since   love covers a multitude of sins. I made  a quick and not highly thought out comment on Facebook on Tuesday morning at 5:30. The early bird gets the worm and I got my share of worm Likes and several snakey ones too.  So, the above picture was posted on Facebook with an NPR article on food and water supply. The article referenced Coca-Cola not building a bottling plant in Southern India because it would have diminished the water table. Here is my comment. I was hoping to break 200 Likes but came up a little short, peaking a 191. So, I made the simple and simplistic observation that Coke was not food. It was sloppy of NPR to pair the picture of Coke with the article about food and water. So far, so good I thought. There was nothing profound here. Several commenters called me out for some reason pointing this out. Things like soda is not food which is what I said.  The seco