A third-grade student gave this definition of salt: “Salt is what you don’t notice until someone forgets to put it in”.
We tend to take many things for granted until they are missing, just as this student did with the salt. We are wise to notice and appreciate the many unseen things in our …
It has been said that the thought is the father of the deed. This is so. No one ever robbed a bank without first thinking, “I’m going to rob a bank.” Every act, every crime, every good deed is first a thought and then a fact.
It may sound over simplified but all we have to do in order to do…
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When George Gershwin was a struggling musician, he applied for a job at the office of the famous and well established composer, Irving Berlin.
Berlin looked over the qualifications of his young applicant and said to him, I’ll pay you double the salary that you are now making if you come and wor…
For of all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these: “It might have been.” – John Greenleaf Whittier.
Are we slaves to the “woulda, coulda, shoulda” syndrome? “If only…” are words of such sad regret. It might have been, but it isn’t. If only I “woulda” done this or…
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Recently we visited a brother in the Brantford, Ontario hospital. He had suffered a massive stroke and is partially paralyzed. He has difficulty speaking, but we were able to visit, discussing happier times and the glorious hope we share. He came out with a profound statement which is worth remember…
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Condensation is commonplace in today’s modern world. From condensed milk to powdered eggs and potatoes we find that many familiar items are reduced, condensed, or dehydrated so that they take only a fraction of their former space. Records are reduced to microfilm, even the dead are cremated to a h…
Be patient with the faults of others; they may have to be patient with yours. Make your words sweet for you may have to eat them.
When we look back and remember how many dumb things we have said and done in our lives we marvel at the patience that our heavenly Father has for us. We should learn f…
If you keep waiting for just the right time, you may never begin. Begin now. Do what you can with what you have, right where you are, and do it now.
Many people have failed because they were always waiting for what they thought would be the miracle time to begin.
Solomon tells us, “He th…
In a book of humorous definitions by children, one small child said, “a hole is to dig.” We were in high school when the war broke out, and the first change that took place on our campus was the erection of an obstacle course which included “a wall that was to climb.”
The good athletes co…
“He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.” These words of John the Baptist still apply today.
They were certainly true as Joh…
