7/19/26 "Story Time" ~ Originated by Charles L. Robinson Jr.

Hello, My ECP family and whoever else finds this message. It's story time: There was a man (a believer) who was painting two of his cars. One car was a solid color and the other two-toned colored. The solid color he finished painting and as he was driving the solid color car the community could obviously see the solid color car. However, the two-toned car was still in his garage with the painting unfinished. A funny thing was brought to his attention that he noticed - the community was talking about the specifics of two-toned colored car that was unfinished. Now, keep in mind the two-toned colored car that was unfinished in his garage he never showed to anyone. Why was the community talking about the two-toned car that was unseen? How did the community know about the specifics of the two-toned car? It came to be that there was some people in the community that was secretly watching the man in his garage painting the two-toned colored car.

The people in the community kept talking about how the man was not excited (he was actually grieved) that there was talk about the two-toned car. The talk about the two-toned car was extremely positive, so positive that others wanted to duplicate the man's two-tone color. The people in the community voiced their opinions on why the man was grieved and should not be grieved because all the talk was honorable to him, so honorable that it created the desire to be duplicated. The man should be proud not grieved. Well, the man heard the opinions of the community on why he was grieved with the community and HE DECIDED TO RESPOND TO THE COMMUNITY ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE TO GIVE THEM UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE THEIR OPINIONS OF HIS GREIVING DID NOT MATCH THEIR OPINIONS ON WHY HE WAS GREIVING. The man responded to the community by saying: "Community please understand me, compliments, popularity, and duplication can be a good thing, but with me it's Christ before compliments, popularity, and duplication. Every foundation laid is to remain on Christ Jesus. These particular compliments, popularity, and duplication has not remained on Christ Jesus. These particular compliments, popularity, and duplication has been founded and promoted on unauthorized access.

We don't know how the community responded after the man gave his explanation to the community about why he was grieved with what the community was doing. We can only hope that the community became more conscious of "how" within the foundation of things just as much as they are conscious of getting the "what" done. I encourage you all (My ECP Family and whoever else finds this message) that in all contexts of life (the car is just an example) to be just as conscious about "how" you do things just as much as actually doing the thing. Remember, if the actual thing being duplicated that creates popularity is correct but the "how" is incorrect, the "how" can tarnish the actual act that's correct. When the actual act that's being duplicated that creates popularity is correct and the "how" accompanies correctness, then the foundation of the correct act remains untarnished (the community that was excited about the two-tone colored car module being duplicated was blind to the fact that their duplication was tarnished. The man brought to their attention that all they had to do was wait until he casually drove the two-toned car in the community (making it publically known on his terms, not by unauthorized secrecy) then they would see the two-toned car, have the ability to duplicate the two-tone model, and it would have remained untarnished. God Speed! ~ Charles L. Robinson Jr. (Edifying Christian Publications - Consolations LLC.)

"By the grace of God has given me, I laid the foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Christ Jesus" 1 Corinthians 3:10-11

"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land" 2 Chronicles 7:14

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