BE GRATEFUL for Husbands Be Grateful for husbands who attack small repair jobs around the house. They usually make them big enough to call in professionals. By Barbara Johnson of […]
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BE GRATEFUL for Children Be Grateful for children who put away their things and clean up after themselves. They’re such a joy you hate to see them go home to
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TIRING THANKS One day, during Sunday School, I asked my class of four year olds how many of them said grace (prayed) before meals. When I found that none of
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TO KILL A SNAKE The following is from the U.S. Government Peace Corps Manual for its volunteers who work in the Amazon Jungle. It tells what to do in case
WHAT’S FOR LUNCH? An optimist is anyone who has a 28- pound turkey for Thanksgiving and the next day asks, “What’s for lunch?”
HOW YOU SAY IT The story is told of an immigrant who came to America from Europe. He intended for his wife and children to join him as soon as
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DEAD GOPHER GIFT Preacher’s kids always seem to come up with incredible wit. Why is it, though, they are also known for less desirable antics? My second son discovered a
WHEN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH A certain rabbi was known for his great wisdom. One day a student asked him: “Rabbi, would you rather have fifty thousand dollars or five children?”
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Few of us will agree with all of these rules, however, I think that all of us will agree with many of them, and find most of them thought-provoking. RULES
YOU’RE WELCOME In a Dennis the Menace cartoon, Dennis and Joey are staring longingly into a department store window that is all decorated for Christmas. The tree with a train
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MOST VALUABLE WORD IS “THANKS” In his hay-day, it is said that every word that Rudyard Kipling wrote was worth twenty- five shillings. Hearing this, a group of college students
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PRAISE OR PITY Why tears of self-pity? Why tears of regret? How do they prosper? What do you get? The best they do Is get you all wet! By Paul
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REASONS FOR THANKS This Thanksgiving I’m thankful… That there aren’t twice as many Congressman and half as many doctors. That grass doesn’t grow through snow, necessitating winter mowing as well
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MOTHER MARY HELD HOSTAGE Once there was a little boy who was really mean. No matter what his parents tried, he continued to be self-centered, selfish and – well –
END OF THE LINE You know you’re in trouble when you realize the light at the end of the tunnel is an oncoming train…
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TIME TO SAY “GOODBYE”Some people can stay longer in an hour that others can in a week. From The Springdale Lion’s Roar, February, 1991
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THREE OUT OF FOUR AIN’T BAD A husband came home from work after a very long and terrible day. Everything had gone wrong. He said to his wife, “I’ve had
PASTORAL WAKE-UP CALL Our friend Sue Kennedy of Clear Lake, Iowa sent a little cartoon recently. The pastor is holding the phone and the clock reads “2:00 a.m.” The voice
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TEN COMMANDMENTS: ONE AT A TIME A big, burly looking fellow walks out of Church after the service one Sunday. He reaches out and shakes hands with the Preacher and
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KNOW IT TO LEARN IT A man stopped his car and asked for directions at a rural convenience store:”Keep going down this road until you get to the old Jones
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