THE WORRIED COW The worried cow would have lived till now, If she had saved her breath; But she feared her hay wouldn't last all day, And she mooed herself to death.
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AVOIDING LIP SLIPS If your lips would keep from slips, Five things observe with care: To whom you speak; Of whom you speak; And how, and when, and where.
CAT CELEBRATION Last year in Britain someone gave me a humorous book entitled The Book of Heroic Failures, a handbook of the "Not-So-Good Club of Britain." It opens with this statement: "Success is overrated; it…
"I wonder if Murphy's Law is among the ten?"
Attitude: If you want to know what you're full of, see what spills out when you're jostled.
Marriage: Marriage is like taking a bath in hot water: Once you get into it and get used to it, it ain't so hot anymore.
Mundane: A rut is just a grave with the ends kicked out.
Life: The water of life is not dammed up in anybody's pool.
Accidents: Two elderly ladies talking: "The thing I hate about parking is the noisy crash."
Lostness: Pilot over intercom to passengers: "I have good news and bad news. The good news is we are ahead of schedule. The bad news is we're lost."
Forgiveness: The freedom to be at peace within our own skins and to be glad in each other's presence. - Frederick Buechner
Action: "It is so much easier to pray for a boor than to go and see him." - C.S. Lewis
TURN YOUR LIGHTS ON! I can't wait for Christmas! Two years ago I put up the Christmas lights on the front of our house. We were not living in the house last year so the…
Movies: Never judge a book by its movie. The New Dictionary of Thought
Prayer: The quickest way to get back on your feet is get down on your knees. From Shredded Wit, published by Harvest House
Trouble: Don't meet trouble halfway. Let it travel the full distance. Something usually happens to it before it arrives. "Builders Association Report"
Problems: Always tell your problems to people who don't like you. They're the only ones who want to hear them. Sam Ewing
IT'S MY CAR Several years ago, around the holiday season, the Fort Worth Star Telegram carried the somewhat amusing account of a thwarted car theft. Shortly before 1 p.m., Melvin George, 29, went to check…
BETHLEHEM FRANCHISE In the book, Dear God, Children's Letters to God, one young man wrote, "Dear God, was there anything special about Bethlehem or did you just figure that that was as good a place…
WHO IS THE CHRIST Who is the Christ Who comes among us? He who was born in poverty? A tiny babe for whom a star shone? Yes, and we still Turn him away because the…
