FOOT DOCTOR I went to visit the doctor with my sore foot. He said, "I'll have you walking in an hour." He did. He stole my car. Henny Youngman Henny Youngman lines
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TOUCHING A TENDER SPOT The late Dr. P.W. Philpott, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, often related a touching personal experience as follows: I was awakened at 3 A.M. one morning by a stranger pounding at my…
ATTITUDE AND ALCOHOLISM For a long time people couldn't understand how a man could be an alcoholic, sober up, stay sober for 10 years, and then go back to drinking. Surely he knew all the…
AFFIRMATION I was at the burn unit of the army hospital in San Antonio this past Wednesday to see one of our members. I was telling someone about the terrible experience of seeing this man…
ORIGINAL SCRIPT In the study of ancient writings, there is one type of manuscript called a palimpsest. A palimpsest is a manuscript that is a parchment which had originally had a text written upon it.…
GOD'S MESSENGERS We must be careful that we never neglect a message from God because we despise or do not care for the messenger. A man would not refuse a check for $1,000 because it…
FAUX PAS T.E. Lawrence, British writer, poet, philosopher, soldier, [Lawrence of Arabia of WWI fame], was a friend of the poet Thomas Hardy and his wife. Later in life after the fame had worn thin,…
GARBAGE IN THE SALAD One day as a mother was scraping and peeling vegetables for a salad, her daughter came to ask her permission to go to an amusement center that had a bad reputation.…
EDUCATION American children do better than Japanese children in English. For now. George Will, as quoted in World.
LIVE TO GROW I heard about a boy who went to work in a grocery store after graduating from high school, and a couple of weeks later his dad said, "Son, let's now talk about…
GOD'S COMPENSATION God does not permit us pain but that he gives us also the strength to bear it. God does not allow us problems but that he gives us as well the wit to…
INTERPRETING PROVIDENCE I had occasion a few months back to sit at table with a brother who serves the terminally ill as a hospital chaplain. Tough duty, indeed. Day after day he is called upon…
A GREAT DAY If you sit down at set of sun and count the acts that you have done, and, counting, find one self- denying deed, one word, one glance most kind, that fell like…
FLY HIGHER If a bird is flying for pleasure it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher. Corrie ten Boom
EVER WONDER WHY? Why is it that fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing? Campbell's Notebook, Vol. IX, No. 1, January, 1989.
LYING Dear Ann Landers: I was a compulsive liar who started young. Although my parents did all they could to stop it, I kept lying. My problem was trying to impress people. My life never…
QUALITY OF LIFE Buckner Fanning tells the story of a pastor friend who developed a heart disease that left him tired and unable to function as a pastor. His doctors left him little hope of…
DON'T WASTE YOUR TROUBLES People who have setbacks and trouble often emerge with: 1. Values and priorities that are higher and nobler. 2. More sensitivity and understanding of the difficulties of others. 3. A new…
THERE ARE MORE DEER THAN YOU CAN SEE Jesus tells us that the fields are white unto harvest. In response to this, one minister reflected that, "Jesus hasn't been in my community. No one is…
SHOOTING AT THE SAINTS When the English and French were at war in colonial Canada, Admiral Phipps, in charge of the British Fleet, was ordered to anchor outside Quebec, a city on the St. Lawrence…
