March 4
My wife clipped a job listing out of the paper for me. She said it wasn't much to start out... but a huge pay raise. It read, "Salary: 23k to start. 401k after 1 yr."
While watching a movie recently, I couldn't hear the dialogue over the chatter of the two women sitting in front of me. Unable to bear it any longer, I tapped one of them on the
shoulder. "Excuse me," I said, "I can't hear." "I should hope not," she replied sharply. "This is a private conversation."
- Some minds are like concrete thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
- You will never stand alone while standing on the Word of God. -- Kathryn Souza-Wine
- Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives. - Lawana Blackwell
- "We make ourselves rich by making our wants few." -Henry David Thor
- "I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean." - G. K. Chesterton
- "Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell."
- Love is not blind- it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less. - Rabbi Julius Gordon
- Worriers spend a lot of time shoveling smoke. Claude McDonald
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. --Augustine
"My ancestry goes all the way back to Alexander the Great," bragged one lady to another in their social club. "How far does your family go back?" She asked "I don't know," was the reply. "All of our records were lost in the flood."
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing. ~ Mignon McLaughlin
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. -Ashley Montagu
"Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I have left a can of motivation somewhere and I cant find it I even looked under the sofa ... all I found under there though was a can of "procrastination" and a jar of "Ill do it later" which I think one is name brand and the other must be store brand because they are exactly the same thing!
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them. -- G.B. Shaw
If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.
The best vitamin for making friends ... B1.
The 10 commandments are not multiple choice.
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
Minds are like parachutes ... they function only when open.
Ideas won't work unless YOU do.
One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.
One who lacks the courage to start has already finished.
The heaviest thing to carry is a grudge.
You don't learn safety rules by accident.
We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.
Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise.
A turtle makes progress only when it sticks its head out.
One thing you can give and still keep ... is your word.
A friend walks in when everyone else walks out.
The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime!
Reality Check Well, Think About It! by Stan Mitchell
"Imagine for a moment," Jim Baird asks, "what theories alien sociologists would form about our culture if they were judging us simply by the television programming we have been sending them at the speed of light over the last thirty years"
"They would," he remarks, "know a lot about handguns and how to wreck cars." Thanks to laugh tracks they would have "elaborate" and "wildly inaccurate" theories about what we think is funny. And they would conclude that the greatest decision in human existence, the one that makes all the difference is "what mixture of caramel-colored, gas-laden sugar water to drink."
But our space aliens would not know one thing about Americans from watching television. They could not possibly know that nine out of ten of us believe in God, eight out of ten of us pray regularly, that seven out of ten Americans are church members, and that six out of ten Americans claim that religion is the dominant factor in our lives.
Our alien scholars would have hardly any information on religion at all. There might, once
in a while, be a program which depicts a religious person as either hypocritical or hopelessly out of touch with reality.
Religion on television has been sequestered. There is religion, and then there is the "real world," according to this view of life.
In reality, however, there is a God. His son acted decisively in history to solve humanity's most profound problem. His word provides guidance for the greatest reality of all.
He will judge the living and the dead. He will consign every soul, living and dead, to an eternal destiny.
The aliens wouldn't know that from watching television. The tragedy is, neither will many
Americans.
"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out – those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned" (John 5:28,29).
Could someone please direct those aliens to a bookstore?
w "In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." -- Albert Schweitzer
"Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell." -- Author Unknown
"God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer." -- Mother Teresa
"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence transform a yellow spot into the sun." -- Pablo Picasso quite a time on the TV show last week—who would have thought that
A Quaker farmer was milking his cows, and near the end of the milking one of the cows lifted tail, swished him hard across the face, shifted legs and, with the free leg, kicked both the farmer and the milk pail (nearly full of milk) spilling it into the farmer's shoes.
"Oh, dear cow," said the Quaker, "thou knowest that my pacifism dost not allow me to beat thee, that I canst not even curse thee for these impertinent actions. Thou mayest believe that thou canst escape retribution for this pagan action. And, thou mayest even thinkest thee smarter than myself.
"But what thou knowest not is that I can sell thee to Ole, my Norwegian
Lutheran neighbor, who canst beat the living tar out of thee."
There is only one group of people who don't have problems and they're all dead. Problems are a sign of life. So the more problems you have, the more alive you are. Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
Thought for the week: "Make big decisions in the calm."-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
"There are plenty of rules for attaining success, but none of them work unless you do!" -- Mark Twain
"Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment. -- Ralph Marston
"To make mistakes is human; to stumble is common-place; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.-- William Arthur Ward
"Train up a child in the way he should go, but be sure to go that way yourself."
Rejection and Refusal to Listen
Robert Fulton, an artist and engineer was responsible in the early 1800's for putting sailing ships out of business. He made the steamboat a standard on the open seas. It is said that he presented his idea to Napoleon. After a few minutes of this presentation Napoleon is reported to have said, "What, sir, you would make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense."
Beagles Can’t Climb Trees There's a Peanuts cartoon that speaks to the Gospel:.
In the first frame, Lucy is standing next to a tree. Looking up, she shouts to Linus, "What are you doing in that tree?" Linus answers from the branches of the tree, "Looking for something." Then he adds, "Can you see Snoopy? We climbed up here together, but now I don't see him." Lucy unsympathetically shouts back up the tree, "Beagles can't climb trees." The next frame shows Snoopy falling out of the tree right on his head with a loud "klunk." "You're right!" Snoopy concludes. Then Lucy lets Snoopy have it, "You stupid Beagle, what are you doing climbing around in a tree?" Snoopy's sore head is still spinning.Linus interrupts from the tree, "Don't yell at him.... We're trying to find a strange creature in a nest...." Lucy walks off saying, "You're both crazy! Go ahead and knock yourselves out! I couldn't care less!!" Then Snoopy with his head still sore and spinning things, "Rats...I was hoping for a hug!" When we’ve been stupid and we have hurt ourselves we generally like to be hugged. Children know this; Snoopy knew it; but we adults sometimes get it wrong. We don’t like to admit our faults. God help us if there are a lot of Lucy’s around. Jesus looks out over the city of Jerusalem, badly in need of divine comfort. In their stupidity they have killed the Prophets and stoned the messengers of God. They need to experience God’s forgiveness but they are doing it again. Jesus has come with a word of grace and they will not listen. As a result the house of Israel will be left desolate.
There was an Indian Chief who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest,in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up. If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.
Moral: Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come.
"I love those signs along the highway that say, 'Litter Removal Next 2 Miles.' That's when I start chucking my trash out the window."
While watching a movie recently, I couldn't hear the dialogue over the chatter of the two women sitting in front of me. Unable to bear it any longer, I tapped one of them on the
shoulder. "Excuse me," I said, "I can't hear." "I should hope not," she replied sharply. "This is a private conversation."
- Some minds are like concrete thoroughly mixed up and permanently set.
- You will never stand alone while standing on the Word of God. -- Kathryn Souza-Wine
- Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives. - Lawana Blackwell
- "We make ourselves rich by making our wants few." -Henry David Thor
- "I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean." - G. K. Chesterton
- "Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell."
- Love is not blind- it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less. - Rabbi Julius Gordon
- Worriers spend a lot of time shoveling smoke. Claude McDonald
- If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. --Augustine
"My ancestry goes all the way back to Alexander the Great," bragged one lady to another in their social club. "How far does your family go back?" She asked "I don't know," was the reply. "All of our records were lost in the flood."
In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing. ~ Mignon McLaughlin
The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us. -Ashley Montagu
"Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get." - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
I have left a can of motivation somewhere and I cant find it I even looked under the sofa ... all I found under there though was a can of "procrastination" and a jar of "Ill do it later" which I think one is name brand and the other must be store brand because they are exactly the same thing!
People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and if they can't find them, make them. -- G.B. Shaw
If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep.
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.
The best vitamin for making friends ... B1.
The 10 commandments are not multiple choice.
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
Minds are like parachutes ... they function only when open.
Ideas won't work unless YOU do.
One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.
One who lacks the courage to start has already finished.
The heaviest thing to carry is a grudge.
You don't learn safety rules by accident.
We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves.
Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise.
A turtle makes progress only when it sticks its head out.
One thing you can give and still keep ... is your word.
A friend walks in when everyone else walks out.
The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime!
Reality Check Well, Think About It! by Stan Mitchell
"Imagine for a moment," Jim Baird asks, "what theories alien sociologists would form about our culture if they were judging us simply by the television programming we have been sending them at the speed of light over the last thirty years"
"They would," he remarks, "know a lot about handguns and how to wreck cars." Thanks to laugh tracks they would have "elaborate" and "wildly inaccurate" theories about what we think is funny. And they would conclude that the greatest decision in human existence, the one that makes all the difference is "what mixture of caramel-colored, gas-laden sugar water to drink."
But our space aliens would not know one thing about Americans from watching television. They could not possibly know that nine out of ten of us believe in God, eight out of ten of us pray regularly, that seven out of ten Americans are church members, and that six out of ten Americans claim that religion is the dominant factor in our lives.
Our alien scholars would have hardly any information on religion at all. There might, once
in a while, be a program which depicts a religious person as either hypocritical or hopelessly out of touch with reality.
Religion on television has been sequestered. There is religion, and then there is the "real world," according to this view of life.
In reality, however, there is a God. His son acted decisively in history to solve humanity's most profound problem. His word provides guidance for the greatest reality of all.
He will judge the living and the dead. He will consign every soul, living and dead, to an eternal destiny.
The aliens wouldn't know that from watching television. The tragedy is, neither will many
Americans.
"Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out – those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned" (John 5:28,29).
Could someone please direct those aliens to a bookstore?
w "In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." -- Albert Schweitzer
"Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell." -- Author Unknown
"God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer." -- Mother Teresa
"There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence transform a yellow spot into the sun." -- Pablo Picasso quite a time on the TV show last week—who would have thought that
A Quaker farmer was milking his cows, and near the end of the milking one of the cows lifted tail, swished him hard across the face, shifted legs and, with the free leg, kicked both the farmer and the milk pail (nearly full of milk) spilling it into the farmer's shoes.
"Oh, dear cow," said the Quaker, "thou knowest that my pacifism dost not allow me to beat thee, that I canst not even curse thee for these impertinent actions. Thou mayest believe that thou canst escape retribution for this pagan action. And, thou mayest even thinkest thee smarter than myself.
"But what thou knowest not is that I can sell thee to Ole, my Norwegian
Lutheran neighbor, who canst beat the living tar out of thee."
There is only one group of people who don't have problems and they're all dead. Problems are a sign of life. So the more problems you have, the more alive you are. Norman Vincent Peale (1898 - 1993)
Thought for the week: "Make big decisions in the calm."-- Dwight D. Eisenhower
"There are plenty of rules for attaining success, but none of them work unless you do!" -- Mark Twain
"Let go of your attachment to being right, and suddenly your mind is more open. You're able to benefit from the unique viewpoints of others, without being crippled by your own judgment. -- Ralph Marston
"To make mistakes is human; to stumble is common-place; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.-- William Arthur Ward
"Train up a child in the way he should go, but be sure to go that way yourself."
Rejection and Refusal to Listen
Robert Fulton, an artist and engineer was responsible in the early 1800's for putting sailing ships out of business. He made the steamboat a standard on the open seas. It is said that he presented his idea to Napoleon. After a few minutes of this presentation Napoleon is reported to have said, "What, sir, you would make a ship sail against the wind and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I pray you excuse me. I have no time to listen to such nonsense."
Beagles Can’t Climb Trees There's a Peanuts cartoon that speaks to the Gospel:.
In the first frame, Lucy is standing next to a tree. Looking up, she shouts to Linus, "What are you doing in that tree?" Linus answers from the branches of the tree, "Looking for something." Then he adds, "Can you see Snoopy? We climbed up here together, but now I don't see him." Lucy unsympathetically shouts back up the tree, "Beagles can't climb trees." The next frame shows Snoopy falling out of the tree right on his head with a loud "klunk." "You're right!" Snoopy concludes. Then Lucy lets Snoopy have it, "You stupid Beagle, what are you doing climbing around in a tree?" Snoopy's sore head is still spinning.Linus interrupts from the tree, "Don't yell at him.... We're trying to find a strange creature in a nest...." Lucy walks off saying, "You're both crazy! Go ahead and knock yourselves out! I couldn't care less!!" Then Snoopy with his head still sore and spinning things, "Rats...I was hoping for a hug!" When we’ve been stupid and we have hurt ourselves we generally like to be hugged. Children know this; Snoopy knew it; but we adults sometimes get it wrong. We don’t like to admit our faults. God help us if there are a lot of Lucy’s around. Jesus looks out over the city of Jerusalem, badly in need of divine comfort. In their stupidity they have killed the Prophets and stoned the messengers of God. They need to experience God’s forgiveness but they are doing it again. Jesus has come with a word of grace and they will not listen. As a result the house of Israel will be left desolate.
There was an Indian Chief who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest,in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in the fall. When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.
The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted. The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise. The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen. The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.
The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.
He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up. If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.
Moral: Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come.
"I love those signs along the highway that say, 'Litter Removal Next 2 Miles.' That's when I start chucking my trash out the window."
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