A GOOD MO M... Appears instantly whenever any family member yells, "Mom!" Knows exactly which garment each child wants to wear to school each day and has it washed, mended and hung in the closet.…
Sermon Illustrations
FOR THE SICK Right in the middle of the church service, little Bobby whispered to his mother that he felt sick and thought he was going to throw up. His mother told him to quickly…
WRONG MAN - WRONG FINGER A woman who had been married for just over a year was visiting her mother-in-law who noticed that this woman was wearing her wedding ring on the wrong finger. When…
PROBLEM PARENTS One reason we have problems with our young people is that there are too many parents who think it is more important to know all about their ancestors of a few generations ago…
GUIDE AT THE SIDE Be a guide at the side, not a sage on the stage -- John Saxon, creator of Saxon math
HANDY-DANDY REAL ESTATE DECODER FIXER-UPPER - Tear it down and build a new house. ROOM FOR R.V.'S - Front yard is dead grass and concrete. CUTE STARTER HOME - Wood frame, 800 square feet, three-quarter…
FLATTERY REWARDED On maternity leave, a woman brought her new born and her seven-year-old son by for a visit. The little boy asked, "Mom, may I have money for a can of pop?" "What do…
HUSBANDS COMMANDED TO LOVE Four times in the Bible God commands the husband to love his wife. Not once does He command the wife to love her husband. God made the man and his wife…
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FROG SOUND A busy--and wealthy--grandfather phoned his grandson to cancel an appointment to go to the movies. The grandson did not seem interested in his grandfather's reasons for his cancellation. Instead, the grandson kept interrupting…
MARRIAGE IS NOT DEAD Marriage is not dead. Nine out of ten Americans still get to wear a wedding band at some point in their lives. Cohabitation may be a seemingly sensible step prior to…
UNREQUITED LOVE It is only, perhaps, after you have loved and lost that you can comprehend what it means to another person to love you. Those who have never suffered unrequited love are commonly those…
VAGUELY WRETCHED I am going to start out by assuming that you are approximately as unhappy as I am. Neither of us may be submitting ourselves to psychiatrists, neither of us may take an excessive…
FIRST-ROUND WIFE CHOICE You can be sure a man has an addiction to football when he refers to his wife as his "first-round draft choice." From the Christian Word, sponsored by Downtown Baptist Church of…
ASKING SON'S FORGIVENESS I seek your forgiveness for all the times I talked when I should have listened; Got angry when I should have been patient; Acted when I should have waited; Feared when I…
MISSING FAMILY OPPORTUNITIES Our task as adults then might be to search for whatever it takes to forgive our parents for being imperfect. In some families, that imperfection will be slight, in others severe, but…
SOMETHING SOUNDS FUNNY Jim had pleaded with his father for six months to let him drive his father's BMW. His father finally consented to his son's request for Friday night -- as long as he…
WHAT JESUS WOULD DO Six-year-old Tommy entered the kitchen with two pieces of candy in his hand. "Look Mom, I found two pieces of candy in the drawer." His mother saw his younger brother following…
PEACE AT HOME He is happiest, be he king or peasant who finds peace in his home. -- German poet & dramatist Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
HAIR LIKE TEETH The next time that Dad is complaining about losing his hair, perhaps you could encourage him with these words: "Just think how much worse it could be. You could have your hair…
HOW TO COOK A HUSBAND A good many husbands are entirely spoiled by mismanagement in cooking, and so are not tender and good. Some women keep them too constantly in hot water; others freeze them;…
