There was a man who seemed stingy to everybody who knew him.
He would be very scrupulous about how he spent even a nickel or a dime, so that he was greatly ridiculed.
Finally it became known that he had an invalid wife and an invalid child for whom he cared, and they needed the very last penny that he could save to keep them alive. The criticism of outsiders now turned to admiration for him.
Because we are unable to know everything about a man, we cannot possibly judge him rightly.
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He told his assistant that he wasn’t feeling well. He drove to a golf course in another city, so nobody would know him.
He teed off on the first hole. A huge gust of wind caught his ball, carried is an extra hundred yards and dropped it right in the hole, for a 450 yard hole in one.
An angel looked at God and said “What’d you do that for?” God smiled and said “Who’s he going to tell?”
2/10– If you don’t get out of the box you’ve been raised in, you won’t understand how much bigger the world is
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Scripture:
Hebrews 10:25
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Humor:
Old man goes to church
One Sunday morning an old cowboy entered a church just before services
were to begin. Although the old man and his clothes were spotlessly clean,
he wore jeans, a denim shirt and boots that were very worn and ragged. In
his hand he carried a worn out old hat and an equally worn out Bible.r>
The church he entered was in a very upscale and exclusive part of the
city. It was the largest and most beautiful church the old cowboy had
ever seen. The people of the congregation were all dressed with
expensive clothes and accessories.
As the cowboy took a seat, the others moved away from him. No one
greeted, spoke to, or welcomed him. They were all appalled at his
appearance and did not attempt to hide it.
As the old cowboy was leaving the church, the preacher approached him
and asked the cowboy to do him a favor. “Before you come back in here
again, have a talk with God and ask him what he thinks would be
appropriate attire for worship.” The old cowboy assured the preacher he
would.
The next Sunday, he showed back up for the services wearing the same
ragged jeans, shirt, boots, and hat. Once again he was completely
shunned and ignored. The preacher approached the man and said, “I
thought I asked you to speak to God before you came back to our church.”
“I did,” replied the old cowboy.
“If you spoke to God, what did he tell you the proper attire should be
for worshiping in here?” asked the preacher.
“Well, sir, God told me that He didn’t have a clue what I should wear.
An aged lady left Buffalo by boat for Cleveland to visit a daughter living there.
Soon a dreadful storm arose and many of the passengers, fearing death, gathered for prayer.
Only the aged lady seemed unconcerned about the tempest as she sat with her hands folded and prayed.
After the storm had subsided, some of the passengers were eager to know the secret of her calmness. They gathered around her and asked her the reason.
Well, my dear friends,” she replied, “it is like this. I have two daughters. One died and went home,m to heaven. The other lives in Cleveland.
When the storm arose, I wondered which of them I might visit first, the one in Cleveland or3 the one in heaven, and I just left it to the Lord; for I would be glad to see either.”
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It is like the TV character Steve Urkel who would tear up anything and everything. Afterwards he would say ” Did I do that?”
Seemingly he acted like he didn’t know that he had done anything wrong. He was in the dark about everything that his actions had done. He seemed innocent in any destruction he had caused.
People say hurtful things and act as if they had no idea that could be destructive to the relationship. They would act like what did I do, I only said so and so?
There is a little saying that we used to say when we were kids. It went something like sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Well, I’m here to say that words can be very hurtful. I would almost rather have the sticks and stones.
Words are like arrows shot from a bow and arrow once they leave the bow, the arrows can never return. Once you let your words proceed out of your mouth you can never grab them back.
Words are powerful especially to children who are so impressionable. We can’t wait for them to walk and talk and then we tell them to sit down and shut up!
We tell them they are dumb, clumsy and other statements of incompetence. We can program them with negative programming in the first few years of their lives that will take years of reprogramming for them to be productive in life!
Millions of children go to bed hungry tonight for lack of food and nourishment. Millions more will go to bed hungry tonight for lack of encouragement.
Words are powerful and life-changing. Words can build people up to accomplish great things, or tear them down and render them almost useless and helpless.
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A little boy living in the country had never seen a traveling circus, and one was coming to his town on Saturday.
Saturday morning came. He asked his father for some money. His dad reached in his overalls and pulled out a dollar bill-the most money the boy had ever seen at one time. Off the little wide-eyed fellow went.
As he approached the town, he saw people lining the streets. Peering through the line at one point, he got his first glimpse of the parade. There were animals in cages and marching bands.
Finally, a clown was seen bringing up the rear of the parade. The little boy was so excited that when the clown passed, he reached in his pocket and handed him the precious dollar bill. Thinking he had seen the circus when he had only seen the parade, the little boy turned around and went home.
The tragedy of most of our lives isn’t that we aspire too high and fail. It’s rather that we settle for too little. We could have a greater influence, and yet, because of fear or ignorance, shame, or inertia, we take the precious dollar of our lives and settle for the parade instead of the real thing.
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don’t find fault with the man who limps or stumbles along the road, Unless you have worn the shoes he wears Or struggled beneath his load. There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt, Though hidden way from view, Or the burden he bears, placed on your back, Might cause you to stumble, too. Don’t sneer at the man who’s down today, Unless you have felt the blow That caused his fall, or felt the same That only the fallen can know.
You may be strong, but still the blows That were his, if dealt to you In the self-same way the self-same time, Might cause you to stagger, too. Don’t be too harsh with the man who makes mistakes Or pelt him with words or stones, Unless you are sure, yea, doubly sure, That you have no mistakes of your own.
For you know perhaps, if the tempter’s voice could whisper as soft to you As it did to him when he went astray, T’would cause you to falter, too.
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