DAILY DREAD Charlie Brown in the comic strip "Peanuts" knows about fear, he told Linus one day: "I've developed a new philosophy. I only dread one day at a time."
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COME TO A KING Come, my soul, thy suit prepare, Jesus loves to answer prayer. He himself has bid thee pray, Therefore will not say thee nay. Thou art coming to a King, Large petitions…
MEDITATION Unshakable Faith is Faith that has been shaken. Unquenchable Joy is Joy that has been quenched. Unbreakable Love is Love that has been broken.
If you want to be successful, know what you are doing, love what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing. Will Rogers
Trust in God - - but tie your camel tight. Persian proverb
EXCELLENCE ATTAINED Excellence can be attained if you... CARE more than others think is wise. RISK more than others think is safe. DREAM more than others think is practical. EXPECT more than others think is…
BITE THEM BACK An Oklahoma City oilman was once bitten by a rabid dog. He rushed to the hospital and called the doctor. The doctor entered the emergency room and found the oilman writing feverishly…
THE SHORTEST DISTANCE TO CREATIVITY: You have to find the shortest distance between your insides and a pencil! The song-writer Doc Palmas explaining his understanding of creativity on a recent interview on Public Radio, "All…
SALES, NOT MANAGEMENT "I've never forgotten the unsolicited advise I received from a layman long ago. I was waxing eloquent about all that was wrong with a prominent clergyman or program or something when my…
THANKSGIVING DAY EXERCISE A good Thanksgiving Day exercise might consist of sitting down with two sheets of paper. On one we ought to list all the things we crave and are yearning to acquire. On…
SAVED BY DAD "When I was your age," the millionaire bragged to his son, "I carried water for a gang of bricklayers." The son thoughtfully said, "I'm mighty proud of you, Father. If it hadn't…
THEE ONEDERFUL WERLD OV WIRDS I take it you already know of tough and bough and cough and dough. Others may stumble, but not you, on hiccough, thorough, lough, and through. Well done! And now…
BAD TASTE "Escalante, Utah - At the sawmill... a secretary sells T-Shirts emblazoned with a recipe for 'Logger's Stew.' Among the ingredients: '4 large, well-plucked spotted owls, 3 finely chopped peregrine falcons and 2 well-beaten…
FALSE IMPRESSIONS I arrived in Toronto at 10 a.m. for a meeting with two of my colleagues. We were to meet in the home of my associate's parents. As I approached the home, I saw…
CLOTHES DON'T MAKE THE KID An American missionary and his family were returning from West Africa. So the children would not look conspicuous in homemade clothes, their mother outfitted them in the latest from a…
ROTTEN OR RIPENING? A man once bought a home with a tree in the backyard. It was winter and nothing marked this tree as different from any other tree. When spring came the tree grew…
Self-Centeredness/Selfishness/Pride /Perception/Self-Importance: WRONG HERO When we're SELF centered we think the whole world revolves around us. Unfortunately we're sadly mistaken and often times, we wind up terribly embarrassed. One morning on the TODAY SHOW, Willard…
IT'S A CREEK! We had lived in the country and farmlands of central California ever since our first son was born. On the occasion of visiting Grandma, we would have the opportunity to show our…
LET IT SHINE Yea, dogs bark at the moon, And does the moon still shine? Don't worry about the critics, But 'bout "this little light of mine." By Paul Noxon, Fellowship Baptist, Castleton, NY
SWITCH HIS POWER In the 1960's Egypt built the Aswan High Dam on the Nile River. The structure included a 12- turbine hydroelectric plant which produces over 12 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually. At…
