What Is It Worth To You?
What Is It Worth To You?
The words I love ... slip easily off our tongue. Far too easily I think. We say we love our spouse, our family, our closest friends and I hope we do. However we also say we love chocolate, ice cream, a favorite song, starlit summer nights, a favorite sport, a hobby or any number of things. Do we really love all of these things or are we just speaking in the passion of the moment?
Anyone can easily say the words but to put those words into action is a different story. Far too many people have learned the hard way that often words expressing love were nothing more than just words be it from a spouse, family members or those whom they believed to be their dearest friends.
You see, loving something or someone involves a lot more than just words. It involves some sort of sacrifice on our part. When we love we care about that which we love...not just through our words but through our actions.
Please allow me to be frank for a moment. I want to make it very clear that my association with CB is merely as a premier member and nothing more. I am writing this blog simply because my heart is grieved and very heavy at the moment.
Over the past two years or so, when my heart has been grieved and heavy, I wrote about it. I opened up my heart on this site when I went through my deepest darkest nights during my cancer treatment. I got vulnerable when I didn’t want to be and I found an incredible community of brothers and sisters.
Well, my heart is grieved and heavy again so I am turning to you. I have been watching Chipin the past few months and I have to tell you I really hurt. You see, I happen to know there are a few people who contribute more than once a month. I happen to know that if person A” contributes three different times during the month it will show up as if there were three contributors when in reality it is three contributions by one contributor.
This month so far, there are 11 contributors. Eleven. There are far more than 11 people who visit this website. Far more. It is even worse though. As I said, I am aware that at least several people have made more than one contribution this past month. So there aren’t 11 contributors. There are less than 11 contributors.
I visit CB every day. I run a couple of groups here. I write blogs here. I comment on blogs. I visit chat usually at least once a day. I have to tell you, I hear far more than 11 people talking about how much they love CB!
CB, like everyone else, has obligations to meet. In the real world if your expenses exceed your income, what happens? The lights get turned off and the doors get locked. The same thing happens here.
All of us, who have been blessed in anyway by this site need to consider what impact it may have had on your life if the lights had been turned off and the doors locked when you came looking for this place. Perhaps it wouldn’t have made any difference to you.
I cannot say that for myself. You see, four months before I was diagnosed with breast cancer, God led me here. He knew that I was going to need this place and I did! I shudder to even think of what might have happened if this community had not been here for me at the time.
I know what Christianblog.com is worth to me soI have tried to give back to this community the best I can. I’ve given financially as best I could. I have tried to write blogs to encourage and inspire others as well as make them laugh from time to time. I hope I have succeeded once in awhile!
I try to minister to others here through my survivors of chronic illness group as well as in chat. I’ve been party to a number of prayers within chat. Sometimes there’s prayers going up not just for an individual but for all of those within this community as a whole. Tell me, in all honesty have you ever encountered a place on the internet where there is such a community quite like this?
What is it worth to you?
Blessings!
K 
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Author: kreynolds
Location: Apple Valley Minnesota USA
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Age: 49
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), but (I've said this before, and I'll say it again) even a few teeny little dollars, what might be considered an "embarrassing" gift, is better than giving nothing if it is given with your heart.