ONLY FEET SHE HAS One proud grandmother in our church told me of a touching encounter with her five year old granddaughter. Noticing something wrong about the little girl's feet, the grandmother corrected gently: "Honey,…
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TOO SCARED With everyone concerned about the current, random shootings, perhaps we have gotten more uptight than we realized. My father-in-law, a physician, related this account recently, from the Leake County area of Mississippi. On…
PRIDE ON THE HEART Pride grows in the human heart like lard on a pig. From The Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, pg. 163
RELEASED BY AESCHYLUS The great poet Aeschylus was loved by all of ancient Athens, Greece for his poetry and sacrificial service - particularly as he had lost his arm in a battle against the Persians.…
RELEASED BY NAPOLEON During Napoleon's conflicts with Great Britain, many of the men of France were forced into military service by a conscriptive lottery. If a man's name was drawn, he had to serve in…
MARY CHRISTMAS "Years ago, our three-year-old wondered if I knew the last name of Jesus' mother. I had to admit that I didn't. He pondered the question a little longer. Suddenly, he brightened and chirped,…
NUMEROUS PROPOSALS It's good when a woman is constantly being asked to get married... It's not good when she is only asked by one or two people - HER PARENTS!
PARENTAL GOLD COINS From the book In the Company of Men, by Marvin Allen comes a great description of what happens when a father invests love in his children. He equates "usable love" with "gold…
Earl Wheatley of Meridian Mississippi shares a funeral observance that has proved quite effective. Before the funeral he tells the funeral director that he needs three flowers: a red one, a white one and a…
THINKING OUT LOUD The best way for a woman to have a few minutes to herself at the close of the day is to start doing the dishes.
THE CUSTODIAN'S PERSPECTIVE Our custodian just related to us that he would rather wipe fingerprints off the glass door-windows than to clean cobwebs out of the doorway.
NO SMALL PARTS From an experience of her childhood, Mrs. Floyd Crook recalls how a very important truth was impressed upon her. She writes, "I came home from school one day crying because I had…
FINDING PEACE IN THE BATTLE Frederick Buechner tells about a rare occasion when he was spending the evening with his beloved mother at her New York City apartment. Just as they sat down for a…
TIME OUT IN LINE I was standing in a long check-out line at the supermarket. Ordinarily, I would start grumbling because only one cash register was opened, but this time I decided to let it…
FLATTERY FALLS FLAT "Flattery will get you nowhere," can be truly said in regard to our relationship with the Father. Flattery is false praise. Flatterers begin their career, I believe with a correct observation: "It…
THE HIDDEN BOOKS OF THE BIBLE In the paragraph below you will find 15 books of the Bible. As you find them, underline them: I once made some remarks about hidden books in the Bible.…
COMPASSION IS WARMER Two men were riding on a sleigh during a blizzard. Almost frozen and afraid they would not reach warmth and safety, they came upon another traveler who had fallen in the snow…
IT'S THE SAME BURDEN A woman was walking down the road with a heavy burden on her shoulders. A man with a horse and wagon offered to give her a ride. She got in the…
THE REASON FOR TROUBLES People have troubles, it seems, for the same reason that dogs have fleas - to remind them that they are dogs. From How to Be Strong in the Lord, by Dan…
FOOL FOREVER One who asks a question is a fool for a moment. One who does not ask questions is a fool forever. A Chinese Proverb
