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TIME TO WORRY A man once said, “I’ve got so many troubles that if anything bad happens today it will be two weeks before I can worry about it.
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A WORSE CASE SENARIO Climbing a hill on our moped at the end of a beautiful day in Bermuda we were suddenly slammed into the road by a car. It was going to pass us but was confronted by another car approaching over the crest of the hill. My wife and I were transported by …
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PARTIAL COVERAGE The other day I read this little quip: “You know it’s going to be a bad day when you wake up in a hospital in traction and your insurance agent tells you that your accident policy covers falling off the roof, but it doesn’t cover hitting the ground.”
Adversity | Afflictions | Attitude | Blessing | Perspective | Suffering | Troubles
IN THE LORD’S CELLAR When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord’s choicest wine. — Samuel Rutherford
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CARSON MCCULLERS ON PAIN How much can one person bear? “More” would be the answer of Carson McCullers, the novelist who was described at her death as having a “vocation of pain.” “Much of her art,” a critic related, “seemed to have flowed from her own tortured life.” Before she was twenty-nine, Mrs. McCullers had …
Adversity | Contentment | Peace | Perspective | Rest | Troubles | Worry
NEED TO SIT STILL All the troubles of man come from his not knowing how to sit still! – – Blaise Pascal
Humor | Marriage | Protection | Remembering | Security | Trial | Troubles
THROUGH THE ROUGH SPOTS A husband and wife were discussing old times, when the husband said, “My dear, I have taken you safely over all the rough spots of life.” “Yes, dear,” said the wife, “and I don’t think you missed a one of them.” Adapted from The Christian Word, December 30, 1993, sponsored by …
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THE UNJUST’S UMBRELLA The rain it raineth every day Upon the just and unjust fella, But mostly on the just, because The unjust hath the just’s umbrella. From a CBS television network weatherperson on March 7, 1968 in California
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BAD JUDGMENT Here are some actual lease rush me the name of a reliable illegitimate doctor? …Our son writes that he is taking Judo. Why would a boy who was raised in a good Christian home turn against his own? …I joined the Navy to see the world. I’ve seen it. Now how do I …
Example | Growth | Maturity | Sanctification/ Character | Short Shorts | Trial | Trials | Troubles | Witness
TEST- OF-FIRE QUALIFIER You can’t be a testifier until you’ve gone through the test of fire.
Future | Logic | Problems | Risk | Short Shorts | Time | Trial | Troubles
TROUBLE WITH THE FUTURE The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. — Paul Valery
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TROUBLES WILL MOVE A man stopped his car along a rural road that was blocked by a flock of sheep. Time passed, and finally the shepherd appeared. The man in the car yelled, “I could starve here!” The shepherd replied, “Your mistake was in stopping. Sheep are like troubles. Show them you mean to go …
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THROUGH THE ROUGH SPOTS A husband and wife were discussing old times, when the husband said, “My dear, I have taken you safely over all the rough spots of life.” “Yes, dear,” said the wife, “and I don’t think you missed a one of them.” Adapted from The Christian Word, December 30, 1993, sponsored by …
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PILGRIM BELT TOO HIGH The teacher gave her second grade class an assignment. She told her class to put themselves in the place of the Pilgrims and figure out some of the hardships the Pilgrims must have had to go through when they first arrived in America. One little boy returned to class with his …
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EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS When in sorrow, call John 14. When people fail you, call Psalm 27. If you want to be fruitful, call John 15. When you have sinned, call Psalm 51. When you worry, call Matthew 6:19-34. When you are in danger, call Psalm 91. When God seems far away, call Psalm 139. When …
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BAD INVESTMENTS One guy tried to diversify just before the stock market crashed. He invested in paper towels and revolving doors. He said he got wiped out before he could get turned around.
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TROUBLES THAT NEVER HAPNED When I look back on all my worries, I remember the story of the old man on his deathbed who said that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened. – – Winston Churchill
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BREAK EVEN IN LIFE A person brings nothing into this world, and takes nothing out. And considering the kind of world it is, he’s extremely lucky thus to break even. By Danny Pyles in The Speaker’s Digest
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NEED THE WIND TO FLY Ornithologists assure us that the eagle, the condor of the Andes, the albatross of the Pacific and even the swiftly flying little dove, like many other strong winged birds can fly more swiftly against the wind than in a gentle breeze. It may be that this is because they are …
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GREAT HEARTS FROM GREAT TROUBLES Great hearts can only be made by great troubles. — C.H. Spurgeon