MILSAP ON BLINDNESS "People are always asking me if being blind heightened my sense of hearing. The answer is no. I can't hear the grass grow or anything like that. The thing being blind did…
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CHANGING YOUR SPOUSE Cecil Osborne, in his book, The Art of Understanding Your Mate, states: ". . .if you really want to change the person that you're married to, you change yourself. The other person…
FOOTPRINTS THAT WORK He who would leave footprints in the sands of time will have to wear work shoes.
HITLER ON LEADERSHIP The art of leadership consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention... The leader of genius must have…
VIRTUAL GIRLFRIENDS From United Press International in June of 1996: "Virtual Girlfriends" is a hit in Tokyo... The video game makes players steer a boy through high school, where he must look nice, get good…
MARRIAGE PROBLEMS Dr. Ray Mossholder wrote in his excellent book entitled Marriage Plus, "Ninety percent of the friction in marriage is caused by one of three things: -- wrong timing; -- wrong setting; -- wrong…
WHY GOD'S CHILDREN SUFFER I love my child, I note his slightest need; I long to prosper him in all his ways, To give him quiet nights and peaceful days; But if I do, he'll…
PRACTICAL RULES FOR SUCCESS 1. Keep your health good by adopting regular and steady habits. 2. Never be afraid to say no. Every successful man must have the backbone to assert his rights. 3. Remember…
1040 SPLIT Q: Why does the Internal Revenue Service call their tax form the 1040? A: Because for every $50 a worker earns, the worker gets 10 and the IRS gets 40.
GROWING IN CHRIST Imagine you are at the new car dealership. They have just handed you the keys to your brand new car. With excitement you drive away, taking deep whiffs of that new car…
ORIGIN OF BAPTISTS Two men were discussing the origin of Baptists. One of the men said, That's easy! We Baptists got started with John the Baptist." The second man disagreed, "The Baptist began long before…
A LAMENT by Percy Bysshe Shelley O World! O Life! O Time! On whose last steps I climb, Trembling at that where I had stood before; When will return the glory of your prime? No…
SAKING IN ACCENTS A 46 -year-old Massachusetts man walked away from a car accident with an unexpected problem: he spoke with a French accent. "At first it bothered me very much, because I can't make…
THE UPWARD CALL The newsletter editor's note that precedes the following poem: The following poem was written by a precious brother and member of a community of believers in Chicago, Illinois. He read it during…
DISHONEST ELDERS & DEACONS A Baptist deacon had advertised a cow for sale. "How much are you asking for her?" inquired a prospective purchaser. "A hundred and fifty dollars," said the deacon. "And how much…
VOCATIONAL HYMNS In the spirit of "all things to all men" the hymn books contain hymns for various vocations. This is what we found: Builder's Hymn: How Firm a Foundation. Painter's Hymn: Jacob's Ladder. Meteorologist's…
COUNT ON MATH There are only three kinds of people: those who CAN count and those who CAN'T count.
WE ALWAYS HELP EACH OTHER In 1953, two men, Sir Edmund Hillary, a beekeeper by trade; and also an explorer from New Zealand and his guide, a man named Norgay, who was from Nepal, were…
A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE SKUNK If you think you are superior to others, don't be too sure. To most people, the lowly skunk stinks. It would be as low as you could go. But…
EMPATHY IN SWAHILI One of my favorite words is empathy. The Swahili translation for our empathy is "poli" which means to feel somebody else's toothache.
