july 9
"I wasn't saved just to sit, soak, and sour." - Rick Warren
"Before Kay and I got married, I had three great theories on parenting and no kids. I now have three kids and no great theories on parenting." - Rick Warren
One out of every five unchurched people say they have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ. - Source: George Barna, Grow Your Church from the Outside
"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." -- Michael Althsuler
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." -- Mark Twain
"There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give everything." -- Vince Lombardi, football coach
"Anyone who uses the phrase 'easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried taking candy from a baby." – Unknown
A golf ball usually has anywhere from 330 to 500 dimples - depending on which company designs the ball. The dimples help the ball travel further and higher. Dimples first appeared on golf balls more than 100 years ago when golfers discovered that balls which had been scratched or roughed up traveled further than smooth balls. This is quite a science and involves weeks of testing and retesting. A ball used by Tiger Woods might have a completely different dimple pattern than one used by David Duvall. The ideal ball will usually have between 380 and 432 dimples.
SIGN Posted IN A WINDOW : "WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 AL QAEDA TERRORISTS THAN WITH ONE SINGLE AMERICAN"
This sign was prominently displayed in the window of a business in Philadelphia. You are probably outraged at the thought of such an inflammatory statement. One would think that anti-hate groups from all across the country would be marching on this business . and that the National Guard might have to be called to keep the angry crowds back. But, perhaps in these stressful times one might be tempted to let the proprietors simply make their statement . . We are a society which holds Freedom of Speech as perhaps our greatest liberty. And after all, it is just a sign.
You may ask what kind of business would dare post such a sign?
Answer: A Funeral Home
Ever notice how it's a penny for your thoughts, yet you put in your two-cents? Someone is making a penny on the deal! ---Steven Wright
St. Peter and Satan were having an argument one day about baseball. Satan proposed a game to be played on neutral grounds between a select team from the heavenly host and his own hand-picked boys. "Very well," said the gatekeeper of Heaven. "But you realize, I hope, that we've got all the good players and the best coaches." "I know, and that's all
right," Satan answered, unperturbed, "We've got all the umpires."
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ---George Bernard Shaw
It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears. ---Cato The Elder
The Sultan's Test By Michael Josephson of Character Counts
According to legend, an old Sultan, known as a wise and just leader, was to choose his successor from among his nine sons. He gave the sons each a single seed and directed them to plant and nurture it. "In one year," he said, "I will judge the results of your efforts and choose the next Sultan."
At the end of the year, the Sultan examined each pot and found eight healthy plants and one barren pot presented by his youngest son. He asked what happened and the son replied, "Despite my greatest efforts I could not make my seed grow. I think I was chosen to
serve rather than lead."
"My son," the Sultan said, "you have been chosen to serve, but you shall do so as the next Sultan. You alone among your brothers are a man of honor." He then revealed that all the seeds he had given were dead, and he banished his other eight sons for dishonoring his
name.
Every temptation to cheat is a test of integrity, but, like the eight banished sons, we usually don't see it that way. Instead, we often see life's challenges as a test of cleverness, a test of what we can get away with.
Character is revealed by how we behave when we think no one is looking. But people of character know that someone is always looking.
In this case, the cheating sons yielded no reward for their cheating. This is not always the case. Cheaters sometimes do prosper--for a while.
But in the end, it's like a bargain with the devil. Just ask the dozens of brilliant executives from Enron, Adelphia, Rite-Aid, Dynegy, WorldCom, ImClone and Tyco who lived lives of enormous luxury and enjoyed the envy and admiration of millions -- until
they were found out. Now they face complete disgrace and years of prison.
Didn't they know it was all a test?
One year, a particular harried husband decided to buy his mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift. The next year, he didn't buy her a gift. When she asked him why, he replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!"
Sometimes the best thing we can do is to move on to another field. Paul Harvey tells the story of Joe, who was born into a family of Sicilian immigrants, a family who had a 300-year history as fishermen. Joe's dad was a fisherman. His brothers were fishermen. But Joe was made sick by the smell of raw fish and the motion of a rocking boat. In a family where the only acceptable way to earn a living was by fishing, Joe was a failure. His dad used to refer to his son as "good for nothing." Joe believed his dad. He believed that his attempts at other types of work were an admission of failure, but he just couldn't stand the smell of the fishing business. One thing that Joe could do was to play baseball. Giving up a field where he could not succeed, Joe DiMaggio moved to another field and became one of the great successes of baseball.
** When Handel wrote the "Hallelujah Chorus," his health and his fortunes had reached the lowest possible ebb. His right side had become paralyzed, and all his money was gone. He was heavily in debt and threatened with imprisonment. He was tempted to give up the fight. The odds seemed entirely too great. And it was then he composed his greatest work--Messiah. Could we not say of Handel that the Spirit entered into him and set him upon his feet?-Peter Marshall, Sr., "Who Can Take It?”
** Someone once wrote: "The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you." That's another way of saying with Paul that we never have temptations greater than we can bear. We pray for lighter burdens when we ought to pray for stronger backs. We pray for an easier path when we ought to pray for tougher feet. We pray for fewer problems when we ought to pray for better solutions.
** It was Mother Teresa who said, "You will never know that Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you've got."
** We live in a world full of people struggling to be, or at least to appear strong, in order not to be weak; and we follow a gospel which says that when I am weak, then I am strong. And this gospel is the only thing that brings healing. -- N.T. Wright in For All God's Worth
"Before Kay and I got married, I had three great theories on parenting and no kids. I now have three kids and no great theories on parenting." - Rick Warren
One out of every five unchurched people say they have made a personal commitment to Jesus Christ. - Source: George Barna, Grow Your Church from the Outside
"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." -- Michael Althsuler
"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." -- Mark Twain
"There's only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give everything." -- Vince Lombardi, football coach
"Anyone who uses the phrase 'easy as taking candy from a baby' has never tried taking candy from a baby." – Unknown
A golf ball usually has anywhere from 330 to 500 dimples - depending on which company designs the ball. The dimples help the ball travel further and higher. Dimples first appeared on golf balls more than 100 years ago when golfers discovered that balls which had been scratched or roughed up traveled further than smooth balls. This is quite a science and involves weeks of testing and retesting. A ball used by Tiger Woods might have a completely different dimple pattern than one used by David Duvall. The ideal ball will usually have between 380 and 432 dimples.
SIGN Posted IN A WINDOW : "WE WOULD RATHER DO BUSINESS WITH 1000 AL QAEDA TERRORISTS THAN WITH ONE SINGLE AMERICAN"
This sign was prominently displayed in the window of a business in Philadelphia. You are probably outraged at the thought of such an inflammatory statement. One would think that anti-hate groups from all across the country would be marching on this business . and that the National Guard might have to be called to keep the angry crowds back. But, perhaps in these stressful times one might be tempted to let the proprietors simply make their statement . . We are a society which holds Freedom of Speech as perhaps our greatest liberty. And after all, it is just a sign.
You may ask what kind of business would dare post such a sign?
Answer: A Funeral Home
Ever notice how it's a penny for your thoughts, yet you put in your two-cents? Someone is making a penny on the deal! ---Steven Wright
St. Peter and Satan were having an argument one day about baseball. Satan proposed a game to be played on neutral grounds between a select team from the heavenly host and his own hand-picked boys. "Very well," said the gatekeeper of Heaven. "But you realize, I hope, that we've got all the good players and the best coaches." "I know, and that's all
right," Satan answered, unperturbed, "We've got all the umpires."
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ---George Bernard Shaw
It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears. ---Cato The Elder
The Sultan's Test By Michael Josephson of Character Counts
According to legend, an old Sultan, known as a wise and just leader, was to choose his successor from among his nine sons. He gave the sons each a single seed and directed them to plant and nurture it. "In one year," he said, "I will judge the results of your efforts and choose the next Sultan."
At the end of the year, the Sultan examined each pot and found eight healthy plants and one barren pot presented by his youngest son. He asked what happened and the son replied, "Despite my greatest efforts I could not make my seed grow. I think I was chosen to
serve rather than lead."
"My son," the Sultan said, "you have been chosen to serve, but you shall do so as the next Sultan. You alone among your brothers are a man of honor." He then revealed that all the seeds he had given were dead, and he banished his other eight sons for dishonoring his
name.
Every temptation to cheat is a test of integrity, but, like the eight banished sons, we usually don't see it that way. Instead, we often see life's challenges as a test of cleverness, a test of what we can get away with.
Character is revealed by how we behave when we think no one is looking. But people of character know that someone is always looking.
In this case, the cheating sons yielded no reward for their cheating. This is not always the case. Cheaters sometimes do prosper--for a while.
But in the end, it's like a bargain with the devil. Just ask the dozens of brilliant executives from Enron, Adelphia, Rite-Aid, Dynegy, WorldCom, ImClone and Tyco who lived lives of enormous luxury and enjoyed the envy and admiration of millions -- until
they were found out. Now they face complete disgrace and years of prison.
Didn't they know it was all a test?
One year, a particular harried husband decided to buy his mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift. The next year, he didn't buy her a gift. When she asked him why, he replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!"
Sometimes the best thing we can do is to move on to another field. Paul Harvey tells the story of Joe, who was born into a family of Sicilian immigrants, a family who had a 300-year history as fishermen. Joe's dad was a fisherman. His brothers were fishermen. But Joe was made sick by the smell of raw fish and the motion of a rocking boat. In a family where the only acceptable way to earn a living was by fishing, Joe was a failure. His dad used to refer to his son as "good for nothing." Joe believed his dad. He believed that his attempts at other types of work were an admission of failure, but he just couldn't stand the smell of the fishing business. One thing that Joe could do was to play baseball. Giving up a field where he could not succeed, Joe DiMaggio moved to another field and became one of the great successes of baseball.
** When Handel wrote the "Hallelujah Chorus," his health and his fortunes had reached the lowest possible ebb. His right side had become paralyzed, and all his money was gone. He was heavily in debt and threatened with imprisonment. He was tempted to give up the fight. The odds seemed entirely too great. And it was then he composed his greatest work--Messiah. Could we not say of Handel that the Spirit entered into him and set him upon his feet?-Peter Marshall, Sr., "Who Can Take It?”
** Someone once wrote: "The will of God will never lead you where the grace of God cannot keep you." That's another way of saying with Paul that we never have temptations greater than we can bear. We pray for lighter burdens when we ought to pray for stronger backs. We pray for an easier path when we ought to pray for tougher feet. We pray for fewer problems when we ought to pray for better solutions.
** It was Mother Teresa who said, "You will never know that Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you've got."
** We live in a world full of people struggling to be, or at least to appear strong, in order not to be weak; and we follow a gospel which says that when I am weak, then I am strong. And this gospel is the only thing that brings healing. -- N.T. Wright in For All God's Worth
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