The uncertainty of life
“When clouds are heavy, the rains come down. Whether a tree falls north or south, it stays where it falls. Farmers who wait for perfect weather never plant. If they watch every cloud, they never harvest.” Ecc 11:3-4 Like the cloud that's filled with water, they do not hoard it up or keep it to themselves, but plentifully pour it for the refreshment on both the fruitful field and of the barren wilderness. A tree that falls, either by the violence of the wind or being cut down by its owner's order, it would not matter whether it falls southward or northward, for there it lies ready for the master's use. So is our kind deeds towards people, we are not certain whether the person really need or is worthy of our charity. It may possibly be misapplied or even abused by the receiver. However, what is being conscientiously given by you, it shall assuredly return to you, and you shall reap the fruit of it. The tree stays where it falls, ready ...