PLACING BLAME The man who blames others for his problems hasn't begun his education. The man who blames himself has begun his education. And the man who blames no one has finished his education.
Sermon Illustrations
WHAT PRICE REVENGE? Some years ago, during a visit to Yellowstone Park, one writer observed that the only animal that the grizzly bear would share his food with was a skunk. It wasn't that the…
BUYING FORGIVENESS The mother of two young boys was having difficulty disciplining the younger son. Because he was bigger than his older brother he had developed the bad habit of using his superior size to…
ENEMIES AND FRIENDS In the days of the American Revolution, a Baptist minister, Peter Miller, enjoyed the friendship of General Washington. In the same town in which Miller lived was a man named Michael Wittman,…
APOLOGY An apology is a good way to have the last word."
THE DEGREE OF FORGIVENESS We pardon in the degree that we love. Francois del la Rochefoucauld
MOTHER I think it was a girlish hand, Unlined, well-tended, when it held At first, my clinging baby hand In gentle grasps by love impelled. I think it was a youthful face That bent above…
RECOGNITION "I don't want to hear another word!" I hear my daughter scold. "Dear me!" I think, "She's awfully strict For a playful three-year-old!" She rolls her big eyes heavenward And sighs with great disdain…
THE MOTHERING EXPERIENCE My thirteen- year-old daughter is perhaps having more trouble than some teens "discovering who she is" because she is adopted from South Korea and we have no idea who her birth mother…
FAMOUS MOTHERS Alexander the Great's mother: "How many times do I have to tell you -- you can't have everything you want in this world." Franz Schubert's mother: "Take my advice, son. Never start anything…
TEENAGE AWARENESS First mother of a teenager: "My daughter doesn't tell me anything. I'm a nervous wreck!" Second mother of a teenager: "My daughter tells me everything, and I'm a nervous wreck!"
MATERNAL CONVERSIONS Spanish proverb: An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
BEAUTY OF MOTHER It was mid-October, and the trees along the Blue Ridge Parkway were ablaze with color. At an overlook, we stood next to a woman who was showing the view to her elderly…
RECIPE FOR MOTHERS Preheat oven . . . check for rubber balls or plastic "He-Men," which might be lurking inside. Clear counter of wooden blocks and "Key-Cars." Grease pan. Crack nuts. Measure flour . .…
MOTHER'S HARD TASK TO LOVE Gibran, in The Prophet, expresses well the hard task of a mother to love completely and deeply and yet always with the task of letting go. "You may give them…
MOMMA The cartoon strip MOMMA has the son running up and saying, "Hi, Momma! Can you sew on this button, in a hurry? And iron these slacks? And give me a cold glass of water?…
WHILE MY MOTHER SLEEPS We were watching T. V. one night . . . Mom, Dad and myself. The story was without interest, but it served at least to gather us together in the warmth…
FAVORITE CHILD Every mother has a favorite child. She cannot help it. She is only human. I have mine, the child for whom I feel a special closeness, with whom I share a love that…
BECAUSE "Because she understood me better far Than I myself could understand; Because her faith in me, like a guiding star, Steadied my feet, and strengthened heart and hand. Because her cheer and tender sympathy…
WHAT DO YOU DO? Too many times women are made to feel that they should apologize for being mothers and housewives. In reality, such roles can be noble callings. When I was on the faculty…
