"Where men are the most sure and arrogant, they are commonly most mistaken."
David Hume, The Glasgow Herald
When you are absolutely convinced you are correct, you cannot learn. Because you are not convinced that you need to learn any more. When you feel that way, be careful. You really could be wrong!
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
How Do You Handle Life?
What you do with your life depends 10% on what has happened to you and 90% on how you choose to handle it.
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt, 'This Is My Story,' 1937
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. Eleanor Roosevelt, My Day
The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience. Eleanor Roosevelt
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do. Eleanor Roosevelt
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt, 'This Is My Story,' 1937
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built. Eleanor Roosevelt, My Day
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Food for Thought
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Watch
Quoting from an article by Hugh Bucahanan in the July/August issue of Faith Network:
1. Watch for Satan - 1 Peter 5.8
2. Watch what you say - Psalms 141.3
3. Watch out for false prophets - Matthew 24.4
4. Watch against returning to the ways of the world - Luke 21.34-36
5. Watch out for covetousness - Luke 12.13-15
6. Watch for an unforgiving attitude - Luke 17.3-4
7. Watch for a complacent attitude - Romans 11.21 and 1 Corinthians 10.12
1. Watch for Satan - 1 Peter 5.8
2. Watch what you say - Psalms 141.3
3. Watch out for false prophets - Matthew 24.4
4. Watch against returning to the ways of the world - Luke 21.34-36
5. Watch out for covetousness - Luke 12.13-15
6. Watch for an unforgiving attitude - Luke 17.3-4
7. Watch for a complacent attitude - Romans 11.21 and 1 Corinthians 10.12
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Letter to you
To: You
From: God
Re: You
Date: Today
This is God. Today I will be handling all of your problems for you. I do not need your help. So, Have a nice day. I love you.
PS - And remember, if life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do NOT attempt to resolve it yourself. Kindly put it in the SFGTD (Something For God To Do) box. I will to it in MY TIME. All situations will be resolved, but in MY time, not yours. Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it. Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now. Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking what is my purpose? Be thankful. There are those who didn't live long enough to get the opportunity. Should you find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities, remember, things could be worse. You could be one of them.
From: God
Re: You
Date: Today
This is God. Today I will be handling all of your problems for you. I do not need your help. So, Have a nice day. I love you.
PS - And remember, if life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do NOT attempt to resolve it yourself. Kindly put it in the SFGTD (Something For God To Do) box. I will to it in MY TIME. All situations will be resolved, but in MY time, not yours. Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it by worrying about it. Instead, focus on all the wonderful things that are present in your life now. Should you find yourself at a loss and pondering what is life all about, asking what is my purpose? Be thankful. There are those who didn't live long enough to get the opportunity. Should you find yourself the victim of other people's bitterness, ignorance, smallness or insecurities, remember, things could be worse. You could be one of them.
Friday, August 5, 2011
The Mayonnaise Jar
I have seen this one several times in the past and just thought I might share it with you.
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, When 24 hours in a day is not enough; Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class And had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
And start to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full
They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured It into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again If the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand And poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded With an unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table And poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively Filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.
'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - God, family, children, health, friends, and favorite passions. Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and car...
The sand is everything else -- The small stuff.
'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, You will never have room for the things that are Important to you.
So...Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner.
There will always be time To clean the house and fix the dripping tap.
'Take care of the golf balls first -- The things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'
One of the students raised her hand And inquired what the coffee represented.
The professor smiled. 'I'm glad you asked.' It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.'
When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, When 24 hours in a day is not enough; Remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.
A professor stood before his philosophy class And had some items in front of him.
When the class began, wordlessly, He picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar
And start to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full
They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured It into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.
He then asked the students again If the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand And poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded With an unanimous 'yes.'
The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table And poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively Filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.
'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.
The golf balls are the important things - God, family, children, health, friends, and favorite passions. Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and car...
The sand is everything else -- The small stuff.
'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.
If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, You will never have room for the things that are Important to you.
So...Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner.
There will always be time To clean the house and fix the dripping tap.
'Take care of the golf balls first -- The things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'
One of the students raised her hand And inquired what the coffee represented.
The professor smiled. 'I'm glad you asked.' It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.'
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Shipwrecked
By Sharon Frame
www.streamingfaith.com
This week's topic: Faithfulness
A couple set sail on the velvet-blue ocean for a lazy weekend getaway at sea. Instead they got shipwrecked by a sudden and perilous storm. All that surrounded them were miles of lashing waves. Help was nowhere in sight. The turbulent winds blew more fierce. The couple’s frantic hope of getting rescued grew dim with every passing day.
When food and drinking water ran out, fear and panic set in. On day 27, the desperate man just couldn’t take it anymore. He figured even death was better than the torture at sea. So, he jumped overboard and drowned. On day 28, search crews spotted the crippled boat and rescued the feverishly weak and half-starved woman. What a difference a day makes!
Today may be the day you feel shipwrecked at sea. Life’s storms seem ready to swallow you up. And as far as the eyes can see, there is only a sea of sadness; help is nowhere on the horizon.
Indeed, challenges can overwhelm us at times. And even though we’ve been tossed and tried before, new setbacks still stun us.
We seem all too ready to wonder about our worth or question our ability. The once-steady plan to pursue a better life falls victim to sudden doubt.
“Could we be off course,” we ask, as soon as we hit a bump in the road, or a crashing wave on the high seas.
But now is not the time to consider bailing out. In fact, there is never a good time to give in to the feeling of giving up. No matter how strong the urge to abandon hope, we must cling on for dear life. Struggle with one nostril above water, if we must. But don’t be swallowed up by the feeling of failure or hopelessness.
Sure darkness will close in on your bright and happy plans now and then. But don’t let it choke the life out of your will to press on.
So your compass may be broken, and it seems you’re drifting aimlessly. Remember, another day is dawning. Don’t be found jumping overboard, just as fate prepares to toss you a life line. Hang on. You possess the power to persevere through any wretched shipwreck.
Scripture Of The Day: "Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted." - Hebrews 12:3 (ESV)
www.streamingfaith.com
This week's topic: Faithfulness
A couple set sail on the velvet-blue ocean for a lazy weekend getaway at sea. Instead they got shipwrecked by a sudden and perilous storm. All that surrounded them were miles of lashing waves. Help was nowhere in sight. The turbulent winds blew more fierce. The couple’s frantic hope of getting rescued grew dim with every passing day.
When food and drinking water ran out, fear and panic set in. On day 27, the desperate man just couldn’t take it anymore. He figured even death was better than the torture at sea. So, he jumped overboard and drowned. On day 28, search crews spotted the crippled boat and rescued the feverishly weak and half-starved woman. What a difference a day makes!
Today may be the day you feel shipwrecked at sea. Life’s storms seem ready to swallow you up. And as far as the eyes can see, there is only a sea of sadness; help is nowhere on the horizon.
Indeed, challenges can overwhelm us at times. And even though we’ve been tossed and tried before, new setbacks still stun us.
We seem all too ready to wonder about our worth or question our ability. The once-steady plan to pursue a better life falls victim to sudden doubt.
“Could we be off course,” we ask, as soon as we hit a bump in the road, or a crashing wave on the high seas.
But now is not the time to consider bailing out. In fact, there is never a good time to give in to the feeling of giving up. No matter how strong the urge to abandon hope, we must cling on for dear life. Struggle with one nostril above water, if we must. But don’t be swallowed up by the feeling of failure or hopelessness.
Sure darkness will close in on your bright and happy plans now and then. But don’t let it choke the life out of your will to press on.
So your compass may be broken, and it seems you’re drifting aimlessly. Remember, another day is dawning. Don’t be found jumping overboard, just as fate prepares to toss you a life line. Hang on. You possess the power to persevere through any wretched shipwreck.
Scripture Of The Day: "Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted." - Hebrews 12:3 (ESV)
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