THE SEASON SALT OF LIFE Fulton Oursler, in one of his books, tells of his old nurse, who was born a slave on the eastern shore of Maryland and who attended the birth of his…
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POSITIVE THANKS i thank You God for most this amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is…
THE PRICE OF LOVE The letter lay, fragile and stained, on top of the pile. It was hard going through my mother's things. Missing her was still so new. I looked at the date. It…
SAY THANK YOU Thou hast given so much to me, Give one thing more -- a grateful heart. Not thankful when it pleases me, As if thy blessings had spare days, But such a heart,…
THE SHIP I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue lagoon. She is an object of beauty and strength,…
TRANSFORMATION These small and perishable bodies we now have were given to us as ponies are given to schoolboys. We must learn to manage: not that we may some day be free of horses altogether…
BEATING ME HOME Through the shady lane, ere the sun had set, We strolled together, my boy and I; Far above our heads, where the treetops met And the blue sky shone through a lacy…
ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE They may not sparkle, shine or glitter; They may not even be well-dressed; They may be shy and be disabled, But for His purpose they are blessed. God uses many types…
CARRIED TO HIS ROOM Charles Youngkin, Pastor of the Morgan Hill Bible Church sent in the following from a sermon of Peter Marshall's: In a home of which I know, a little boy, the only…
BEYOND DEATH -- ETERNAL LIFE I feel within me that future life. I am like a forest that has been razed; the new shoots are stronger and brighter. I shall most certainly rise toward the…
RAINBOWS Mother: Look at the beautiful rainbow that God painted for us this morning. Daughter: And just think, mommy, he did it all with his left hand! Mother: What do you mean, sweetheart? Can't God…
NEW PERSPECTIVE For centuries it appeared to human beings that the earth was stationary and that the sun moved around it. Then a man named Copernicus came along and proved that what seemed obvious on…
BE THANKFUL It was Thanksgiving Day and the town grouch was grumbling as usual. "Don't you have anything to be thankful for?" A neighbor asked. "Nope," he said. "Have you considered thanking God for turning…
A CLASSIC The class assignment was to write a short paper on "Things I am most thankful for." One fourth- grade boy wrote: "My glasses. They keep the boys from punching me and the girls…
DENOMINATIONAL DISTINCTIVES Two country fellows met on a back road one afternoon. One was going down the road with a possum-hunting dog and the other said to him, "How much will you take for the…
REFORMATION SUNDAY When I think of Reformation Sunday, I think of the story I read somewhere about a dream that Martin Luther is supposed to have had. In the dream, he stood on the day…
A VISION OF HEAVEN In recent years there have been a number of stories in the "Life After Life" vein. One of the most moving that I have read is the story that is told…
REJECTION The story of Elijah sitting under the juniper tree and pouting as he had been chased out of town by a ticked-off Jezebel is a study in rejection. He'd had it. Rejection is a…
HIGH FLIGHT Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, and danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sunsplit clouds -- and done a hundred things…
UNDERSTANDING DEATH The following story was
