SURROUNDED BY HEALING It's the round wound that heals most slowly. All of its surfaces are farther apart; only when we come together to we heal most rapidly.
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FOUR KINDS OF BONES Membership in every association is made up of four kinds of bones: 1) The WISH BONES who spend their time wishing someone else would do the work; 2) The JAW BONES…
LOSING MOMENTUM Jack Hayford tells about an incident in High School. He and his basketball team were playing an "away" game. There were few of their home crowd in attendance. The team was on its…
Assistance | Burden | Compassion | Dependence | Help | Procrastination | Self | Short Shorts | Unity
THE PLACE TO FIND A HELPING HAND The best place to find a helping hand may very well be at the end of one's wrist. But there are times when it's necessary to help someone…
STOOP'S THE ABC'S OF EMOTIONS A book that I have found to be extremely helpful in counseling subjective individuals who tend to have negative self-image is the book, Self Talk by Dr. David Stoop (published…
BE WHO YOU ARE Queen Elizabeth of Belgium visited communist Poland in 1956. While in Warsaw she was accompanied by a protocol officer to the Catholic Church for Mass. She asked the officer if he…
A PERFECT GOLF SCORE If you had to play golf to go to heaven, there is one thing for sure; you would have to shoot a perfect score: 18. That's right, 18 hole-in-one shots in…
GOD IS FOR US As we become more fully established in our position, we are increasingly willing to reject self, to leave all that sinful source on the cross for daily crucifixion. This progressive freedom…
IT IS NOT JUST UP TO US! Here is a word of caution from psychiatrist Earl Jabay concerning a tendency by many pastors to be a little to quick to pin the responsibility to change…
SERIOUSLY OR OVER A history teacher would regularly tell his class: "You can take this class one of two ways - SERIOUSLY or OVER." We had better take life seriously. We don't get to take…
Aspirations | Desire | Faith | Goals | Perseverance | Persistence | Self | Trust | Value | Vocations
SURGEON MATERIAL A young woman grew up in the most squalid of slum circumstances. She decided at age eight that she would become a physician. Against all odds, she accomplished that goal. Today, she is…
HE CAN DANCE A LITTLE Fred Astaire was without dispute one of the top singers, dancers, and actors of all time. In 'Top Hat,' 'Swing Time,' 'Holiday Inn,' and other famous movies, he danced and…
THERMOMETERS AND THERMOSTATS Thermometers and thermostats have related, but quite different functions. Both have to do with how hot or cold a place is. Similarity ends right about there. A thermometer merely reflects its surroundings;…
THE AMERICAN IDEALISM During a visit to Europe recently, I looked for evidence of the same body awareness among the natives, but it was not as apparent. The women were no less attractive than the…
STIR UP THE GIFT You have to speak to yourself. I have said this many times before and I shall go on saying it, for there is a sense in which what the Scriptures do…
THE JOB WELL DONE "If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well all…
CHEAP DICTIONARY One hindrance to a healthy self-image is the fear of failure - the inability to admit that we are wrong. Such was the case with two men in a restaurant. They were enjoying…
THE WINNER A winner is someone who sets his goals, commits himself to those goals, and then pursues his goals with all the ability given him.
TYSON'S ARROGANT LOVE "I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself." Mike Tyson on how people perceive…
SOLID IMAGE An anonymous poet has captured this fact of life in these truthful words: "I took a piece of plastic clay,/and idly fashioned it one day, and as my fingers found it still,/it moved…
