Getting Older and Getting Better
As we grow older, those of who wants to accomplish something for God, are often tempted to despair as we see our time in this world drawing to a close. …
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President at 42
I read recently that Theodore Roosevelt became President of the United States when he was 42 years old. Since I’m 43, that caught my attention. And I’ll have to admit …
Read More High School Reunion
Last week I attended my 25th high school reunion. It was originally supposed to be a big shebang at a downtown hotel, but when only a handful of the 700 …
Read More Toaster Settings
Have you ever wondered why they have such extreme settings on toasters? On the one end you have a setting so light it doesn’t begin to create toast. On the …
Read More Four Seasons of Life
FOUR SEASONS Someone made the observation that just as there are four seasons of the year, so there are four seasons of life. First, we are children to our parents. …
Read More Mid-Life Crisis Defined
Someone has defined mid-life crisis as the point at which a man realizes he is not going to be able to accomplish everything he set out to do. When we …
Read More Will Rogers Quote
Will Rogers said, “We will spend half our life trying to find something to do with the time we rushed through life trying to save.” Will was right. In today’s …
Read More Setting Your Heart
Be careful what you set your heart on when you’re 15 because you will probably have it when you are thirty. Be careful what you set your heart on when …
Read More Receding Hare Lines
Here’s a joke your children will enjoy. What do you call 10 rabbits standing in a row and walking backwards? The answer- A receding hare line. As one man put …
Read More Beginning a Family
A mother sea horse lays her eggs but then it is the father sea horse that carries the eggs in his pouch until they hatch. For some ladies who have …
Read More Nothing Hurts
An older couple woke after a good night’s sleep. The wife says “Don’t touch me.” “Why not?” the husband asks. She answers, “Because I’m dead.” The husband says, “What do …
Read More Numbering our Days
In Ps 90 God tell us to number our days. But what does that actually mean to number our days? There will come a point in each of our lives, …
Read More Value of a Saturday
The older I get, the more I enjoy Saturday mornings. Perhaps it’s the quiet solitude that comes with being the first to rise, or maybe it’s the unbounded joy of …
Read More Midlife Dilema
Someone said you know you’re in midlife when your parents think you drive too fast but your children think you drive too slow. That thought sort of captures the essence …
Read More Clock of Life
Imagine for just a moment that your lifetime could be pictured in terms of a daily clock where you wake up at 7:30 and go to bed at midnight. The …
Read More How Old are You
How old are you? Do you remember when you used to think people your age were “old?” Someone said, “You know you are getting older when policemen look like little …
Read More Landlord Learns to Delegate
A landlord owned several rental properties which he always managed himself. He mowed the yards, picked up trash and did all the maintenance he could himself to save money. After …
Read More Dying for the Future
An unknown author wrote the following observation about living and dying First I was dying to finish high school and start college. And then I was dying to finish college …
Read More Blood Type Not Renewed
Maybe you heard about the man who was so old his doctor informed him that his blood type would no longer be renewed. Lots of us get surprises as we …
Read More Going Bald
A middle-aged man began loosing his hair but just couldn’t accept the fact he was going bald. He kept telling his wife he wasn’t bald until there was only one …
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