Jesus fed 5000 but only 500 followed him after lunch. He had 12 disciples but only 3 went further in the Garden, and only 1 stood with him at the Cross. The closer you get to the Cross, the smaller the crowd gets.
Love is a virtue and not a feeling. It is fed and fired by God--not by the favorable response of the beloved. Even when it doesn't seem to make a dime's worth of difference to the ones on whom it is lavished, it is still the most prized of all virtues because it is at...
Many complaining that they are "not being fed" in their churches would probably be helped if they would take off their bibs and put on their aprons.
I have been fed from fields I did not till.I have crossed bridges I did not build.I have sat in the shade of trees I did not plant.I have received knowledge I did not research.