THE WASTE OF WORRY Worry is wasting today's time to clutter up tomorrow's opportunities with yesterday's troubles. From Daily Walk
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THOSE WHO NEED YOU MOST When we bog down in committee work and church politics, it will be well for us to recall Wesley's eleventh rule for helpers of the Methodist societies in England: "You…
AGING Our society places so much emphasis on youth, that it's easy to get the impression, that growing old is some kind of disgrace. This seems strange to believe because, everyone gets to be young,…
THE VALUE OF BIRTHDAYS Learning to appreciate the unappreciated: Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest. Rev. Larry Lorenzoni
UNHAPPY SUPERSTARS Zieg Ziegler in his book Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World tells about seeing a well-known interviewer and commentator on television. The discussion was about the death of comedian Freddie Prinz. Freddie…
OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN The research is abundant, exciting and clear: The learning opportunities in the environment of a child during the earliest years of life can make a permanent difference in the lifelong level of…
POTTER'S WHEEL OF CIRCUMSTANCE God is the potter and turns the wheel of circumstance in your life. He stamps Romans 8:28 on every turn of the wheel. He can turn hurts into hallelujahs, sighs into…
REMOVAL OF PROFANITY A stranger called on the phone and began, "I represent the Society for the Suppression of Profanity." He continued, "I want to take profanity out of your life." "Hey Mom," Bobby interrupted,…
LUTHERAN UNITY "In the essentials, unity in the non- essentials, liberty (tolerance). In all things charity (love) By Philipp Melanchthon, the great Lutheran reformer
FAITHFUL FAITH Fred Lowery tells of a time he played golf with a pastor in Alabama: This man had an unusual sweet spirit and sensitivity of love. In talking with him I learned that he…
VALIDATION OF CHILDREN Markman says he finds it amazing that "the amount of validation, empathy and support that people communicate and exchange doesn't predict well to anything. However, the amount of invalidation, the amount of…
GOD HOLDS OUR FUTURES It is his love that arranges our tomorrows... and we may be certain that whatever it brings, his love sent it our way. Two biblical statements hold true: 1) "You do…
LET ME WIN, GOD! Keith Miller tells about his seven-year-old daughter, Mary-Keith, who was in much distress over a chin- up test she was to take the next day in her physical education class. She…
HARD TO GET AWAY FROM Hank Ketchum's comic strip character Dennis the Menace comes running into the house where Mom is fixing supper. Dennis leans against the door, wipes his brow and says, "Whew! Margaret…
LOVE WITHOUT SIGHT Unseen, yet loved. A kind mother had one day been talking with her little girl about the duty of loving God. The child replied. "Mother, I have never seen God; how can…
EXTREME LOGIC Extremes are usually the antitheses of whatever they are the extremes of. You can quote C. Richard Stone, Normal, Illinois with this one
ETERNAL AUCTION One can quickly tell the value of an object by the price that a qualified person places on the object. Centuries ago, mankind was on the auction block. We were all set to…
DO I LOVE HIM? The great Baptist preacher F. B. Meyer was staying with Missionary C. T. Studd. During his stay, he asked Studd why he studied the Bible so early. Studd answered: "Last night…
MAILBOX BLUES Charlie Brown walks out to check the mailbox and says: "I know I'm not the only person who never gets any love letters. There must be millions of people all over the world…
GRANDMOTHER'S ADVICE Here is some advice an aged grandmother gave to her ten-year-old granddaughter: Wash what is dirty, Water what is dry, Heal what is wounded, Warm what is cold, Guide what goes off the…
