Life Duration vs Donation
A volunteer agency once had a slogan, “If you aren’t doing something with your life, it doesn’t matter how long it is.” Corrie Ten Boom, a woman who showed extraordinary …
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Simple Meals
A stressed mom asked her six year old daughter to return thanks for the elaborate meal she had prepared for their special company. The little girl replied, “I wouldn’t know …
Read More Shoveling Snow while Snowing
I came across a little two line poem recently that gave a profound thought which could help some exhausted mothers of younger children. It read: Cleaning the house while the …
Read More Man who Forgot His Wife 6 Hours
An August 2005 story from Reuters News told about a man who stopped at a gas station in Italy. When his wife got out for the restroom without him noticing, …
Read More God Won’t Ask
Someone recently sent me an email of things God won’t ask you on Judgment Day: God won’t ask what kind of car you drove. He’ll ask how many people you …
Read More Make a Difference
A young man once observed a man in his 80’s planting a new apple orchard. The old man was carefully tending the soil, nourishing and watering the little saplings. The …
Read More Internet Time
A January 2005 article in Time magazine reported today’s average internet user spends 3 hours online each day. That is a huge chunk of time: 21 hours a week, 88 …
Read More Riding in the Draft
Through most of my college days, and for several years afterwards, I drove an old beat up 1970 Volkswagen camper van. You may remember them as the hippie vans. They …
Read More Undivided Attention
In October 1998, Don Athey of Ohio set a world record by stacking nine golf balls one on top of the other. Don is obviously a man with a great …
Read More Questions for Children
We all know we need to spend time with our children. Nearly every message I’ve ever heard or given myself on “Redeeming the Time” includes that point. But how can …
Read More Kentucky Derby Mule
A farmer was having trouble getting his old mule to work when he heard it was qualifying day for the Kentucky Derby. Deciding to try a different approach, he took …
Read More Who Will be Crying at your Funeral?
Who will be crying at your funeral? That’s a question that author Patrick Morley, began asking himself. Morley and his wife were successful in their business. Their schedules were filled …
Read More Remembering Names
A pastor had trouble remembering the names of his church members, so he developed a technique of glancing at their names, which were printed on the covers of their Bible, …
Read More Listening Habits
President Theodore Roosevelt became a great leader in part because he took time to listen. He was also known to grow weary of those who didn’t take time to listen. …
Read More Living in a Vacuum
A man was playing Trivial Pursuit when he landed on Science and Nature.” His question was, “If you are in a vacuum and someone calls your name, can you hear …
Read More Separation vs. Isolation
The Bible tells us in 1Corinthians to come out from among the world and be separate. Unfortunately, that’s a scripture many Christians today totally ignore. Their entertainment, associations, spending habits …
Read More Mother of Nine
A mother of nine children wrote: “If I live in a house of spotless beauty with everything in its place, I am a housekeeper, not a homemaker. If I only …
Read More “I” Problems
A man complained to his Dr. “Doc, every time I drink coffee I get this stabbing pain in my right eye.” The Dr. asked, “Did you ever try taking the …
Read More Poem- I Ran Into a Stranger
I ran into a stranger as he passed by, “Oh excuse me please” was my reply. But at home a different story is told, How we treat our loved ones, …
Read More Energy-Givers
When it comes to the way we use our time and energy, there are basically three categories of people. There are energy-takers, energy-givers and energy-wasters. Energy-takers are those people who …
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