December 21
Mary had a little Lamb,
He was born on Christmas day.
She laid him in a manger bed
To Sleep upon the hay.
Angels filled the night-time sky
And they began to sing.
Shepherds heard them all proclaim
The birthday of a King.
Wise men saw a blazing star
Up in the sky that night.
They followed it until they found
The King of love and light.
Mary had a little Lamb,
But He wasn't hers, you know,
He was the very Son of God,
The One who loves us so.
The Father of this little Lamb
Loved the world so much
That He sent his only Son to earth
So we could feel His touch.
He came to give us joy and peace
And take away our sin.
So when He knocks on your heart's door,
Be sure to let Him in.
Why do I love this precious Lamb?
What can the reason be?
The answer is quite plain to see,
It's because He first loved me!
I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.
When I got to the airline counter, I was impressed by the lovely Christmas decorations. I looked up and noticed that I was standing under a mistletoe, but then I realized that it was there so that I could kiss my luggage goodbye!
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity" -- Albert Einstein
"Computers make it easy to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do, don't need to be done." - Andy Rooney
The Depression -- let’s call it what it is -- leaves us, well, depressed. But there is very good news from around the world. Our enemies are collapsing under the strain of dropping oil and gas prices. What we had all hoped conservation and off-shore drilling would achieve, the global economic collapse is accomplishing: the defeat of OPEC, Iran, Chavez, Putin and the weakening of the financial underpinnings of Islamist terrorism. In each of these nations, the hold of the dictator is weakening as, one after the other, they face the consequences of dropping oil prices.
"Don't prepare the path for the child, prepare the child for the path." -- Anonymous
"What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know." -- Jim Rohn
"Don't worry that children never listen to you. Worry that they are always watching you." -- Robert Fulghum
"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves." -- Dale Carnegie
"People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things." -- Sir Edmund Hilary
Young Americans just aren't watching TV like they used to.
Put another way, the older you get, the more you watch, according to a report due out today from Deloitte indicating that "Millennials," the generation of 14- to 25-year-olds, watches just 10.5 hours of TV a week.
That compares to 15.1 hours for those belonging to Generation X (ages 26-42), 19.2 hours for Baby Boomers (33-61) and 21.5 hours for Matures (62-75).
Lest one assume Millennials are shunning broadcast and cable in favor of watching DVDs on their TV screens -- they're not. They spend less time watching DVDs of movies and TV shows on television sets, 4.8 hours a week, than do Gen Xers.
A husband was in big trouble when he forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife told him, "Tomorrow there better be something in the driveway for me that goes zero to 200 in 2 seconds flat". The next morning the wife found a small package in the driveway. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale. Funeral arrangements for the husband have been set for this Saturday.
After a Dinner Party
When you put plates away for storage, place a cheap paper plate or coffee filter between each one to prevent scratches or nicks. Then cover the stack with plastic wrap, so they don't gather dust and you won't have to rewash before using them.
"Jesus taught profound truths in simple ways. Today, we do the opposite. We teach simple truths in profound ways." - Rick Warren
"Post-moderns will still attend events if they are the right kinds of events! Jesus modeled, and the New Testament teaches, both 'Come and see' evangelism and 'Go and tell' evangelism. Both still work today, if you understand the mindset and mental barriers of unbelievers." - Rick Warren
Scientists have just discovered something that can do the work of five men -- a woman.
"If all of the unchurched people in the United States were a nation of their own, they would be the eleventh most populated country on Earth. Only Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Russia would have a greater head count." - George Barna, Grow Your Church From the Outside
It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.
"When the going gets tough, the tough go for ice cream"
THE CANDY CANE
Many years ago in Indiana, there was a Christian candymaker who wanted to make something that would remind Christians that Jesus was the reason we celebrate Christmas.
So, he began with pure white candy to represent holiness, the righteousness, the purity of Christ. Then he added three thin red stripes to represent the stripes that Christ took for us for our healing when He was beaten so we might walk in health. He continued to decorate and added a larger, wide red stripe that signifies the blood that Christ shed at Calvary for our sin to make a way for us to be members of the Kingdom of God.
He made the candy very hard to represent Jesus as our Rock - the One who never fails us regardless of the storms of life that come our way. Also, he made it very sweet - because Jesus is sweet... taste and see that Jesus is the "Sweetest Name I Know". He curved the candy to look like a shepherd's staff... to remind us that Jesus is our shepherd and we shall not want.
And he gave it special meaning... because when you turn the candy cane upside-down, what letter is it? Now, this Christmas when you see a candy cane, don't just see a piece of candy or decoration, but see the real reason we celebrate this wonderful time of the year ... Jesus!!!
Ole and Lena were sitting down to their usual cup of morning coffee listening to the weather report coming over the radio. "There will be 3 to 5 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the odd numbered side of the streets." Ole got up from his coffee and replies "Well, okay."
Two days later, again they both are sitting down with their cups of morning coffee and the weather forecast is, "There will be 2 to 4 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the even numbered side of the streets." Ole got up from his coffee and replies, "Well, okay."
Three days later, again they both are sitting down with their cups of coffee and the weather forecast is, "There will be 6 to 8 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the..." and then the power went out and Ole didn't get the rest of the instructions. He says to Lena, "What am I going to do now, Lena?"
Lena replies, "Aw, Ole, just leave the car in the garage."
I wrote your name on a piece of paper, but by accident I threw it away. I wrote your name on my hand, but it washed away. I wrote your name in the sand, but the
waves whispered it away. I wrote your name in my heart, and forever it will stay.
"Heaven only knows what led a volunteer fire department in the Baltimore countryside to put up a sign advertising 'Holiday Trees.' Would any Buddhists in the neighborhood not buy them otherwise?" - Editorial page, Wall Street Journal
"Home calls to us, tugs to our emotions, pulls us back to places of familiarity. Even those who have rarely had a home ? such as foster children ? yearn for its imagined refuge and respite." - Mark R McMinn, Finding Our Way Home
Food to blame for Christmas fighting
Sixty percent of British families end up fighting on Christmas Day because of what they eat and drink, food scientists claim. The turkey dinner contains high levels of salt and carbohydrates, which help make diners grumpy -- and adding alcohol, caffeine, and the sheer volume of food creates a volatile mix. The review found the traditional Christmas dinner leads to repeated rises and falls in blood sugar levels, which can give rise to feelings of irritability and lead on to arguments later on in the day. To avoid problems go easy on potatoes and bread stuffing and use unsweetened cranberries.
Robert Fulghum says that he placed alongside the mirror in his bathroom a picture of a woman who is not his wife. Every morning as he stood there shaving, he looked at the picture of that woman. She is a small humped-over woman wearing sandals and a blue eastern robe and head- dress (sari). She is surrounded by important-looking people in tuxedos, evening gowns and the regalia of royalty. It is the picture of Mother Teresa, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
Fulghum said he keeps that picture there to remind him that, more than a resident of any nation, more than any pope, more than any chief executive officer of a major corporation, that woman has authority because she is a servant.
He was born on Christmas day.
She laid him in a manger bed
To Sleep upon the hay.
Angels filled the night-time sky
And they began to sing.
Shepherds heard them all proclaim
The birthday of a King.
Wise men saw a blazing star
Up in the sky that night.
They followed it until they found
The King of love and light.
Mary had a little Lamb,
But He wasn't hers, you know,
He was the very Son of God,
The One who loves us so.
The Father of this little Lamb
Loved the world so much
That He sent his only Son to earth
So we could feel His touch.
He came to give us joy and peace
And take away our sin.
So when He knocks on your heart's door,
Be sure to let Him in.
Why do I love this precious Lamb?
What can the reason be?
The answer is quite plain to see,
It's because He first loved me!
I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.
When I got to the airline counter, I was impressed by the lovely Christmas decorations. I looked up and noticed that I was standing under a mistletoe, but then I realized that it was there so that I could kiss my luggage goodbye!
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity" -- Albert Einstein
"Computers make it easy to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do, don't need to be done." - Andy Rooney
The Depression -- let’s call it what it is -- leaves us, well, depressed. But there is very good news from around the world. Our enemies are collapsing under the strain of dropping oil and gas prices. What we had all hoped conservation and off-shore drilling would achieve, the global economic collapse is accomplishing: the defeat of OPEC, Iran, Chavez, Putin and the weakening of the financial underpinnings of Islamist terrorism. In each of these nations, the hold of the dictator is weakening as, one after the other, they face the consequences of dropping oil prices.
"Don't prepare the path for the child, prepare the child for the path." -- Anonymous
"What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know." -- Jim Rohn
"Don't worry that children never listen to you. Worry that they are always watching you." -- Robert Fulghum
"Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones tend to take care of themselves." -- Dale Carnegie
"People do not decide to become extraordinary. They decide to accomplish extraordinary things." -- Sir Edmund Hilary
Young Americans just aren't watching TV like they used to.
Put another way, the older you get, the more you watch, according to a report due out today from Deloitte indicating that "Millennials," the generation of 14- to 25-year-olds, watches just 10.5 hours of TV a week.
That compares to 15.1 hours for those belonging to Generation X (ages 26-42), 19.2 hours for Baby Boomers (33-61) and 21.5 hours for Matures (62-75).
Lest one assume Millennials are shunning broadcast and cable in favor of watching DVDs on their TV screens -- they're not. They spend less time watching DVDs of movies and TV shows on television sets, 4.8 hours a week, than do Gen Xers.
A husband was in big trouble when he forgot his wedding anniversary. His wife told him, "Tomorrow there better be something in the driveway for me that goes zero to 200 in 2 seconds flat". The next morning the wife found a small package in the driveway. She opened it and found a brand new bathroom scale. Funeral arrangements for the husband have been set for this Saturday.
After a Dinner Party
When you put plates away for storage, place a cheap paper plate or coffee filter between each one to prevent scratches or nicks. Then cover the stack with plastic wrap, so they don't gather dust and you won't have to rewash before using them.
"Jesus taught profound truths in simple ways. Today, we do the opposite. We teach simple truths in profound ways." - Rick Warren
"Post-moderns will still attend events if they are the right kinds of events! Jesus modeled, and the New Testament teaches, both 'Come and see' evangelism and 'Go and tell' evangelism. Both still work today, if you understand the mindset and mental barriers of unbelievers." - Rick Warren
Scientists have just discovered something that can do the work of five men -- a woman.
"If all of the unchurched people in the United States were a nation of their own, they would be the eleventh most populated country on Earth. Only Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Russia would have a greater head count." - George Barna, Grow Your Church From the Outside
It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything.
"When the going gets tough, the tough go for ice cream"
THE CANDY CANE
Many years ago in Indiana, there was a Christian candymaker who wanted to make something that would remind Christians that Jesus was the reason we celebrate Christmas.
So, he began with pure white candy to represent holiness, the righteousness, the purity of Christ. Then he added three thin red stripes to represent the stripes that Christ took for us for our healing when He was beaten so we might walk in health. He continued to decorate and added a larger, wide red stripe that signifies the blood that Christ shed at Calvary for our sin to make a way for us to be members of the Kingdom of God.
He made the candy very hard to represent Jesus as our Rock - the One who never fails us regardless of the storms of life that come our way. Also, he made it very sweet - because Jesus is sweet... taste and see that Jesus is the "Sweetest Name I Know". He curved the candy to look like a shepherd's staff... to remind us that Jesus is our shepherd and we shall not want.
And he gave it special meaning... because when you turn the candy cane upside-down, what letter is it? Now, this Christmas when you see a candy cane, don't just see a piece of candy or decoration, but see the real reason we celebrate this wonderful time of the year ... Jesus!!!
Ole and Lena were sitting down to their usual cup of morning coffee listening to the weather report coming over the radio. "There will be 3 to 5 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the odd numbered side of the streets." Ole got up from his coffee and replies "Well, okay."
Two days later, again they both are sitting down with their cups of morning coffee and the weather forecast is, "There will be 2 to 4 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the even numbered side of the streets." Ole got up from his coffee and replies, "Well, okay."
Three days later, again they both are sitting down with their cups of coffee and the weather forecast is, "There will be 6 to 8 inches of snow today and a snow emergency has been declared. You must park your cars on the..." and then the power went out and Ole didn't get the rest of the instructions. He says to Lena, "What am I going to do now, Lena?"
Lena replies, "Aw, Ole, just leave the car in the garage."
I wrote your name on a piece of paper, but by accident I threw it away. I wrote your name on my hand, but it washed away. I wrote your name in the sand, but the
waves whispered it away. I wrote your name in my heart, and forever it will stay.
"Heaven only knows what led a volunteer fire department in the Baltimore countryside to put up a sign advertising 'Holiday Trees.' Would any Buddhists in the neighborhood not buy them otherwise?" - Editorial page, Wall Street Journal
"Home calls to us, tugs to our emotions, pulls us back to places of familiarity. Even those who have rarely had a home ? such as foster children ? yearn for its imagined refuge and respite." - Mark R McMinn, Finding Our Way Home
Food to blame for Christmas fighting
Sixty percent of British families end up fighting on Christmas Day because of what they eat and drink, food scientists claim. The turkey dinner contains high levels of salt and carbohydrates, which help make diners grumpy -- and adding alcohol, caffeine, and the sheer volume of food creates a volatile mix. The review found the traditional Christmas dinner leads to repeated rises and falls in blood sugar levels, which can give rise to feelings of irritability and lead on to arguments later on in the day. To avoid problems go easy on potatoes and bread stuffing and use unsweetened cranberries.
Robert Fulghum says that he placed alongside the mirror in his bathroom a picture of a woman who is not his wife. Every morning as he stood there shaving, he looked at the picture of that woman. She is a small humped-over woman wearing sandals and a blue eastern robe and head- dress (sari). She is surrounded by important-looking people in tuxedos, evening gowns and the regalia of royalty. It is the picture of Mother Teresa, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
Fulghum said he keeps that picture there to remind him that, more than a resident of any nation, more than any pope, more than any chief executive officer of a major corporation, that woman has authority because she is a servant.
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