Author Archives: Dale Cantrell

An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know. I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up atContinue reading “The Story About An Old College Student Names Rose”

If an airline disclosed that a certain pilot was terrible at takeoffs and landings, but was reasonably proficient once the plane was airborne, how many of you would rush to buy a ticket for that flight? Would you change your mind if they offered you a deep discount?” I read this somewhere and it’s true.Continue reading “Why Can’t We Trust God Like We Trust Others?”

Psalms 46:10. Be still, and know that I am God:I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

6/5—Start Your Day Off Right Series  Quote: Stories: Potatoes may be likened to people.   Now, surely you’re wondering, how can that be?    Well when potatoes are harvested, they have to be spread out to sort them into sizes.    This ensures maximum market dollar since larger “spuds” command a higher price. The potatoContinue reading “Start Your Day Off Right Series 6/5”

6/5–Can You Spare A minute? A Chinese boy who wanted to learn about jade went to study with a talented old teacher. This gentle man put a piece of the precious stone into his hand and told him to hold it tight.  Then he began to talk of philosophy, men, women, the sun and almostContinue reading “Can You Spare A Minute Or So 6/5?”

1 Cor2:9,10. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

6/4–Start Your Day Off Right Series Quote: Stories: Will Rogers was known for his laughter, but he also knew how to weep. One day he was entertaining at the Milton H. Berry Institute in Los Angeles, a hospital that specialized in rehabilitating polio victims and people with broken backs and other extreme physical handicaps  OfContinue reading “Start Your Day Off Right Series 6/4”

6/4– Can You Spare A Minute? There was a very cautious man  Who never laughed or played;  He never risked, he never tried,  He never sang or prayed.  And when he one day passed away  His insurance was denied;  For since he never really lived,  They claimed he never died! The richest place in theContinue reading “Can You Spare A Minute Or So 6/4”

It’s not the critic who counts, not the one who points out how the strong man stumbled or how the doer of deeds might have done them better.   The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred with the sweat and dust and blood; who strives valiantly; whoContinue reading “Please Don’t Ever Be A Critic”