“...a little pause prepares the mind for greater service in the good cause. Fishermen must mend their nets, and we must every now and then repair our mental waste and set our machinery in order for future service....God’s ambassador must rest or faint; must trim his lamp or let it burn low; must recruit his vigour or grow prematurely old. It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.” — Charles H. Spurgeon
“Duties are ours, but events are the Lord’s...” — Samuel Rutherford
Welcome to Netmenders
The official Web site of Elizabeth R. Skoglund
The main purpose of my Web site is to offer you, the reader, inspiration for the journey and help you to go on even when you may feel tired, wounded, or discouraged. This is why it is called Netmenders, for at times all of us need refurbishment. Personally, and as a licensed counselor, I encounter this need on a daily basis in my office. Click to read words of inspiration, to understand what it is to be a Christian, to get encouragement for the journey, to try one of my family’s favorite recipes from Gifts from the Hearth, or to find out where to get my books. Please feel free to email me at netmenders@earthlink.net.
* * * The Demise of the Golden Goose? * * *
As children many of us became familiar with the Aesop fable about the goose that laid the golden egg. A man and his wife owned this very special goose who morning by morning deposited a golden egg at their feet. From it the couple grew very rich.
But then one day they got a brilliant idea. Why not kill the goose and take out all of her eggs at once? That way they would be even more rich. (continued in “The Demise of the Golden Goose?”)