LIMITATIONS, HUMAN

Thompson Chain Reference (1934)

(1) Man Subject to

Way hedged up

Feet in the stocks

Time limited

Boundaries of life

No power to change a hair

No power to add a stature

(2) Man's Limited Resources

A little bread and a bottle of water

A handful of meal and a cruse of oil

A pot of oil

Five barley loaves and two small fishes

An empty larder

God condescends to meet: Small offerings accepted from the poor

God condescends to meet: Two mites from the widow

God condescends to meet: A cup of cold water, not despised

God condescends to meet: Faith, even as a grain of mustard seed, mighty

God condescends to meet: Two or three assembled in Christ's name have the promise of the divine presence