CLOSE WATCH Lafayette, the famous pirate, told of how he was once shut up in a tiny room in a gloomy prison for some extended period of time. In the door of the cell was a very small hole cut. At that hole a soldier was placed to watch his every move both day and …
MARITAL CONVERSATION The average married couple spends four minutes a day in serious , meaningful conversation. From Wisconsin State Journal, 1989
VINCE FOSTER ON TIME Just six weeks before Vince Foster, deputy presidential counsel to President Clinton, was reported to have taken his own life, he had spoken to the graduating class of Arkansas University School of Law. Mr. Foster had just celebrated his 25th anniversary with his wife Lisa. He and his wife were married …
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SPACE NEEDED BESURETOREADTHIS IfyoufindthishardtoreadyouwouldhaveahardtimewithancientdocumentswheretheyleftnospaceinordertosaveveryexpensiveparchmentinwritingDidyoueverconsiderthatsometimesyourlifelookslikethisWhenyouleavenospaceforGodinyourlifeitfrequentlybecomesveryjumbledruntogetheranddifficulttosortoutIfyouhavetakenthetimetodecipherthislittlenoteconsiderspendinganequalamountonsomethingveryuseful:yourrelatonshipwithGodThatcouldturnouttochangeyourlifeoratheveryleastgiveitsomebreathingroom
WHAT’S REALLY NECESSARY What seems so necessary today may not even be desirable tomorrow. From Systems Forms Mailer
GOD WANTS OUR PRIME TIME God wants our prime time, not our spare time. How to Close the Back Door of Your Church seminar, Pheasant Run, Oct. 10-12, 1988
DOUBTS TODAY The only limitation to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. By President F. D. Roosevelt, from the inauguration of the president of Hastings College, Hastings, Nebraska
The pastor of a New York City Church once preached a sermon in which he asked his congregation to imagine that the human life-span for each member was ninety years. Then he said, “Suppose we compress those ninety years into the waking hours of one day, say from seven in the morning until eleven at …
“My prayer is that you may learn to value the things that really matter”(Phil. 1:10). After returning home from a typically busy and aggravating day at the office, a father slumped into his easy chair to read the paper and relax. His curious little eight-year- old son approached, “Daddy, how much do you get paid …
“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). When we are anxious, when we grieve, time seems to drag cruelly. When we are joyful, content, delighted, time seems to whiz by. And we shall never be able to come to grips with time until …
“Have you come here to torment us before the time?” (Mt. 9:29). In a recent newspaper ad, a digital clock called “Timisis” was touted as a “perfect gift idea.” This is a digital clock that does more than merely tell time or wake you up. By punching in your age and your gender, it constantly …
“…he who goes too quickly misses his way” (Proverbs 19:2). A person looks at his or her watch and says, “Well, I have to run.” Oftentimes it seems like everybody’s running somewhere — to work, to lunch, to the bank, to the elevator, to the airport, to a vacation spot, to a sports arena, even …