Hello All! For all those who wondered what the whole poem is, here it is Take care and God bless Abraham
HECTOR THE COLLECTOR by Shel Silverstein Hector the Collector Collected bits of string, Collected dolls with broken heads And rusty bells that would not ring. Pieces out of picture puzzles, Bent-up nails and ice-cream sticks, Twists of wires, worn-out tires, Paper bags and broken bricks. Old chipped vases, half shoelaces, Gatlin' guns that wouldn't shoot, Leaky boats that wouldn't float And stopped-up horns that wouldn't toot. Butter knives that had no handles, Copper keys that fit no locks, Rings that were too small for fingers, Dried-up leaves and patched-up socks. Worn-out belts that had no buckles, 'Lectric trains that had no tracks, Airplane models, broken bottles, Three-legged chairs and cups with cracks. Hector the Collector Loved these things with all his soul‹ Loved them more than shining diamonds, Loved them more than glistenin' gold. Hector called to all the people, "Come and share my treasure trunk!" And all the silly sightless people Came and looked...and called it junk. -----Original Message----- From: Joseph lonth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 December 2002 07:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [parablenet] Our Daily Bread for Dec 13, 2002 Friday, December 13, 2002 When All Is Lost Read: Philippians 3:7-14 What things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. -- Philippians 3:7 Bible In One Year: Hosea 12-14; Revelation 4 I was rummaging around my son's garage and found all the trophies he had won in his years of athletic competition. There they were in a box -- about to be thrown out. I thought of the blood, sweat, and tears that had gone into gaining those awards, yet now he was putting them in the trash. They no longer had any value to him. It reminded me of a whimsical children's poem by Shel Silverstein called "Hector the Collector." It describes all the things that Hector collected over the years. He "loved them more than shining diamonds, loved them more than glistenin' gold." Then Hector called to all his friends, "Come and share my treasure trunk!" And all the people "came and looked and called it junk." So it will be at the end of our lives. All our possessions -- the things we've spent a lifetime working for -- will be nothing but junk. That's when we'll surely know that the best things in life are not things. But we can have the right perspective now, as Paul did. "What things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ" (Philippians 3:7). We can keep a proper attitude about our possessions, because we possess the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus our Lord. -- David Roper I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold, I'd rather be His than have riches untold; I'd rather have Jesus than anything This world affords today. -- Miller ) Renewal 1950 Chancel Music, Inc Our greatest riches are the riches we have in Christ. ----------------------------------------------------- This mail is generated from http://www.jesusyouth.org To subscribe to this mailing list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join To get a standard help message on the list services send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
