July 15
"Golf is harder than baseball. In golf, you have to play your foul balls."
If you don't go to work for the Lord because you are afraid of making mistakes, you will probably make the greatest mistake of your life--that of doing nothing. --D. L. Moody
In 1999, Catherine Ryan Hyde wrote a novel called "Pay It Forward" (later turned into a movie). It starts with a teacher's assignment to "Think of an idea for world change and put it into action " Trevor, the 12-year-old hero, comes up with an idea. If he does something "real good" for three people and asks in return that instead of them "paying him back," they
"pay it forward" by doing a good deed for three other people, who are in turn asked to pay it forward, the math quickly shows that he could change the world.
• What's So Funny?
As one gets older, it may be harder to "get" or understand jokes. Researchers at Washington University found that older adults — because they have "greater difficulty with cognitive flexibility, abstract reasoning and short-term memory — also have greater difficulty with tests of humor comprehension," reports the Associated Press. Findings — which were published this month in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society — revealed that the younger adults did six percent better on verbal jokes and 14 percent better on the comic portion [of their tests] than did older participants.
"God must have had a lot of confidence in you to put you on the planet at just this time. It was his sovereign decision to insert you onto planet earth during a time of huge transition. It takes incredible faith to lead during hinge points of history." - Reggie McNeal, The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church (Jossey-Bass, 2003)
"Why do bad things happen? I don't know. Why did Jamie die? I don't know. But I do know that God has the answers, I know he loves me, and I know he has a plan – whether it makes sense to me or not. Rather than asking why, I'm asking what. What can I learn from this? What can I do for God's glory and to help others?" - Tony Dungy, talking about his son's 2005 death in Quiet Strength (Tyndale House, 2007)
The estimated cost of all of the parts of the iPhone cost $200. The average cost for the newest technological gadget to create consumer feeding frenzy is $499. - Source: Time magazine (July 16, 2007)
"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving." - Amy Carmichael
The question is not “Who is my neighbor?” but “Am I a neighbor?” In other words, the burden of proof does not lie with another as to whether or not he is a neighbor in order to quality for my love. The question is, “Am I a neighbor to any and all, especially to those who are needy?” —Richard C. Halverson.
All the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors. —John Calvin.
"Real leaders come in all shapes and sizes and from all walks of life. But they all have a few things in common:
"They are never so big that they can't bend down to help someone else.
"They are never so wise that they don't remember who taught them.
"They are never so gifted that they won't share their skills with others.
"They are never so fearless that they don't play by the rules and live by the law.
"They are never such big winners that they forget what it feels like to lose."
THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY
This is the most important day in your life.
Because this is the day that you are now living.
If your life is headed in an undesirable direction,
this is the day you can change it.
If there are dreams you are longing to fulfill,
this is the day you can follow them.
This day, right now,
is the day when you can put to use all the knowledge,
experience and wisdom you've accumulated.
On this very day,
you can do the things you've been meaning to do
and connect with the people you've been meaning to see.
On this day, you have a world full of choices.
On this day, there are more possibilities than ever before.
Of all the days you've ever lived, and of all the days to come,
this is the one special day that now matters the most.
For it is on this very day that you can now think
and speak and act and love and live.
Give yourself a quiet, peaceful moment,
and grasp the immense value
that is now yours on this very day.
Then step forward and fill it with beautiful life.
Bernie and Esther were not the most religious Jews and in fact they really only went to Temple once a year. As they were leaving the Temple, the Rabbi said, "Bernie, it sure would be nice to see you and Esther here more than once a year!"
"I know," replied Bernie, "but at least we keep the Ten Commandments."
"That's great," the Rabbi said. "I'm glad to hear that you keep the Commandments."
"Yep," Bernie said proudly, "Esther keeps six of them and I keep the other four."
Someone has observed that Knowledge is exploding at such a rate--more than 2000 pages a minute--that even Einstein couldn't keep up. In fact, if you read 24 hours a day, from age 21 to 70, and retained all you read, you would be one and a half million years behind when you finished. Campus Life, Feb, 1979
The essential act of prayer is not the bending of God's will to ours . . .but the bending of our will to His. The proper outline of a Christian's prayer is not "Please do for me what I want," but "Please do in me, with me, and through me what You want." -- William Temple
"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread." --Mother Teresa
- "Suspicion often creates what it suspects." - C.S. Lewis
- "If your dreams turn to dust... vacuum." - Unknown
"Jesus loves you as you are, and not as you should be; because you will never be as you 'should be.'" --Brennan Manning
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.
The FIRST patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.
The SECOND sees his family doctor after waiting 3 weeks for an appointment, then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for a month from then. Why the different treatment for the two patients?
The FIRST is a Golden Retriever.
The SECOND is a Senior Citizen.
Next time take me to a vet!
A priest and a pastor from the local churches were standing by the road, pounding a sign into the ground, that read: "The End is Near! Turn Yourself Around Now... Before It's Too Late!
As a car sped past them, the driver yelled, "Leave us alone, you Religious Nuts!"
From the curve they heard screeching tires and a big splash. The priest turned to the pastor and asked, "Do you think the sign should just say Bridge Out?"
Definition of vacation: A two-week-long experience where money and time race against each other until both are totally exhausted.
* In the four major US professional sports, (Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Hockey), there are only seven teams whose nicknames do not end with an "S:" Basketball: The Miami Heat, The Utah Jazz, The Orlando Magic. Baseball: The Boston Red Sox, The Chicago White Sox. Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche, The Tampa Bay Lightning. Football: None.
* In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run. Take Me Home
A police car pulls up in front of grandma Bessie's house, and grandpa Morris gets out. The polite policeman explained that this elderly gentleman said that he was lost in the park and couldn't find his way home.
"Oh Morris", said grandma, "You've been going to that park for over 30 years! How could you get lost?"
Leaning close to grandma, so that the policeman couldn't hear, Morris whispered, "I wasn't lost. I was just too tired to walk home."
Remember, the lesser of two evils is still evil.
According to the US Government people have tried nearly 28,000 different ways to lose weight... ...I personally have tried 27, 648 of'em.
* "Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but a wicked man does evil works."
Liberty and freedom -- two beautiful words that describe the reality of my life in Christ. I don't have to do good works; I get to do them.--Dave Goetz,
If you don't go to work for the Lord because you are afraid of making mistakes, you will probably make the greatest mistake of your life--that of doing nothing. --D. L. Moody
In 1999, Catherine Ryan Hyde wrote a novel called "Pay It Forward" (later turned into a movie). It starts with a teacher's assignment to "Think of an idea for world change and put it into action " Trevor, the 12-year-old hero, comes up with an idea. If he does something "real good" for three people and asks in return that instead of them "paying him back," they
"pay it forward" by doing a good deed for three other people, who are in turn asked to pay it forward, the math quickly shows that he could change the world.
• What's So Funny?
As one gets older, it may be harder to "get" or understand jokes. Researchers at Washington University found that older adults — because they have "greater difficulty with cognitive flexibility, abstract reasoning and short-term memory — also have greater difficulty with tests of humor comprehension," reports the Associated Press. Findings — which were published this month in the Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society — revealed that the younger adults did six percent better on verbal jokes and 14 percent better on the comic portion [of their tests] than did older participants.
"God must have had a lot of confidence in you to put you on the planet at just this time. It was his sovereign decision to insert you onto planet earth during a time of huge transition. It takes incredible faith to lead during hinge points of history." - Reggie McNeal, The Present Future: Six Tough Questions for the Church (Jossey-Bass, 2003)
"Why do bad things happen? I don't know. Why did Jamie die? I don't know. But I do know that God has the answers, I know he loves me, and I know he has a plan – whether it makes sense to me or not. Rather than asking why, I'm asking what. What can I learn from this? What can I do for God's glory and to help others?" - Tony Dungy, talking about his son's 2005 death in Quiet Strength (Tyndale House, 2007)
The estimated cost of all of the parts of the iPhone cost $200. The average cost for the newest technological gadget to create consumer feeding frenzy is $499. - Source: Time magazine (July 16, 2007)
"You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving." - Amy Carmichael
The question is not “Who is my neighbor?” but “Am I a neighbor?” In other words, the burden of proof does not lie with another as to whether or not he is a neighbor in order to quality for my love. The question is, “Am I a neighbor to any and all, especially to those who are needy?” —Richard C. Halverson.
All the blessings we enjoy are divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors. —John Calvin.
"Real leaders come in all shapes and sizes and from all walks of life. But they all have a few things in common:
"They are never so big that they can't bend down to help someone else.
"They are never so wise that they don't remember who taught them.
"They are never so gifted that they won't share their skills with others.
"They are never so fearless that they don't play by the rules and live by the law.
"They are never such big winners that they forget what it feels like to lose."
THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY
This is the most important day in your life.
Because this is the day that you are now living.
If your life is headed in an undesirable direction,
this is the day you can change it.
If there are dreams you are longing to fulfill,
this is the day you can follow them.
This day, right now,
is the day when you can put to use all the knowledge,
experience and wisdom you've accumulated.
On this very day,
you can do the things you've been meaning to do
and connect with the people you've been meaning to see.
On this day, you have a world full of choices.
On this day, there are more possibilities than ever before.
Of all the days you've ever lived, and of all the days to come,
this is the one special day that now matters the most.
For it is on this very day that you can now think
and speak and act and love and live.
Give yourself a quiet, peaceful moment,
and grasp the immense value
that is now yours on this very day.
Then step forward and fill it with beautiful life.
Bernie and Esther were not the most religious Jews and in fact they really only went to Temple once a year. As they were leaving the Temple, the Rabbi said, "Bernie, it sure would be nice to see you and Esther here more than once a year!"
"I know," replied Bernie, "but at least we keep the Ten Commandments."
"That's great," the Rabbi said. "I'm glad to hear that you keep the Commandments."
"Yep," Bernie said proudly, "Esther keeps six of them and I keep the other four."
Someone has observed that Knowledge is exploding at such a rate--more than 2000 pages a minute--that even Einstein couldn't keep up. In fact, if you read 24 hours a day, from age 21 to 70, and retained all you read, you would be one and a half million years behind when you finished. Campus Life, Feb, 1979
The essential act of prayer is not the bending of God's will to ours . . .but the bending of our will to His. The proper outline of a Christian's prayer is not "Please do for me what I want," but "Please do in me, with me, and through me what You want." -- William Temple
"The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread." --Mother Teresa
- "Suspicion often creates what it suspects." - C.S. Lewis
- "If your dreams turn to dust... vacuum." - Unknown
"Jesus loves you as you are, and not as you should be; because you will never be as you 'should be.'" --Brennan Manning
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.
Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the same complaint. Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip replacement.
The FIRST patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the same day and has a time booked for surgery the following week.
The SECOND sees his family doctor after waiting 3 weeks for an appointment, then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist, then gets an x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another week and finally has his surgery scheduled for a month from then. Why the different treatment for the two patients?
The FIRST is a Golden Retriever.
The SECOND is a Senior Citizen.
Next time take me to a vet!
A priest and a pastor from the local churches were standing by the road, pounding a sign into the ground, that read: "The End is Near! Turn Yourself Around Now... Before It's Too Late!
As a car sped past them, the driver yelled, "Leave us alone, you Religious Nuts!"
From the curve they heard screeching tires and a big splash. The priest turned to the pastor and asked, "Do you think the sign should just say Bridge Out?"
Definition of vacation: A two-week-long experience where money and time race against each other until both are totally exhausted.
* In the four major US professional sports, (Baseball, Basketball, Football, and Hockey), there are only seven teams whose nicknames do not end with an "S:" Basketball: The Miami Heat, The Utah Jazz, The Orlando Magic. Baseball: The Boston Red Sox, The Chicago White Sox. Hockey: The Colorado Avalanche, The Tampa Bay Lightning. Football: None.
* In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run. Take Me Home
A police car pulls up in front of grandma Bessie's house, and grandpa Morris gets out. The polite policeman explained that this elderly gentleman said that he was lost in the park and couldn't find his way home.
"Oh Morris", said grandma, "You've been going to that park for over 30 years! How could you get lost?"
Leaning close to grandma, so that the policeman couldn't hear, Morris whispered, "I wasn't lost. I was just too tired to walk home."
Remember, the lesser of two evils is still evil.
According to the US Government people have tried nearly 28,000 different ways to lose weight... ...I personally have tried 27, 648 of'em.
* "Good works do not make a good man, but a good man does good works; evil works do not make a wicked man, but a wicked man does evil works."
Liberty and freedom -- two beautiful words that describe the reality of my life in Christ. I don't have to do good works; I get to do them.--Dave Goetz,
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