Monthly Archives: February 2019

Pouring Concrete And Raising Children

Pouring concrete is hard work. A solid base must be prepared before anything else is done. Then, when the concrete is poured, it must be shaped before it sets, because once set up, change is only possible if preceded by removal of what has already been laid down. If done correctly, a well-poured footing will last far beyond the original owner’s lifetime. If done incorrectly, the evidence will appear soon enough as a crumbling surface, structural cracks, and a shift in walls and floors.

Raising children is like pouring concrete. Before a baby arrives, a couple should prepare a solid base in their marriage and share a readiness for parenting. After the child arrives, the first few years can be likened to the time before the concrete sets up. By our presence (more than presents), by careful and thoughtful attention to the thousands of details and tens of thousands of repetitions required, by unfailing prayer and careful instruction in God’s ways, we parents attempt to set a mold that will last a lifetime and more – into eternity.

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The Lesson Of The Bamboo Tree

The moso is a bamboo plant that grows in China and the far east. After the moso is planted, no visible growth occurs for up to five years – event under ideal conditions!

Then, unbelievably, it suddenly begins growing at the rate of nearly two and one half feet per day, reaching a full height of ninety feet within six weeks. The moso’s rapid growth is due to the miles of roots it develops during those first five years, five years of getting ready.

May it be that as we, and our students mature, Eph. 2:17 becomes true in our case, that we “may be rooted and established on the foundation.”

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What Does God Look Like?

I heard a great story recently — I love telling it — of a little girl who was in a drawing lesson. She was six, and she was at the back, drawing, and the teacher said this girl hardly ever paid attention, and in this drawing lesson, she did.

The teacher was fascinated.She went over to her, and she said, “What are you drawing?” And the girl said, “I’m drawing a picture of God.” And the teacher said, “But nobody knows what God looks like.” And the girl said, “They will, in a minute.”

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Do You Just Moan And Groan

Moan and groan—how many of you know people that all they do is moan and groan?

People say I’m not happy with my job. They say 87% of the people go to job that they hate.

We have the dubious distinction in this country that on Monday morning between 6 an 9AM the heart attack rate increases over 35%!! People going to jobs that they hate. Their hearts tell them didn’t I tell you I didn’t want to go and they attack them?I can imagine that some of y’all don’t want to go to work next Monday.

People all they do is moan and groan. I’m not making enough money, I’m unhappy with my job! So, the thing about it is this…. all some people do is moan and groan.

I heard a story about some men on a porch. A man was walking by and heard the dog howling and whining. He asked the men why the dog was whining. They said he was laying on a nail. The man asked them why the dog didn’t get off the nail. He said because it wasn’t hurting enough.

I heard someone say that God gave us Ten Commandments but if He has given an eleventh it would have been “Thou Shall Not Bellyache”

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The Lesson Of The Little Boy And The French Fries

I heard a story about a little boy whose father took him to a hamburger place. The father asked the little boy what he wanted. The little boy said he wanted French fries.

The fries look so good and hot the Father reached over to take one for himself. The little boy told the father that the French fries were his, when in fact the father had been the one who bought them.      

Isn’t that a picture of us when the Father in Heaven tells us to give Him our life and we try to tell him it’s ours.

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Be Careful Who And What You Judge

A doctor entered the hospital in hurry after being called in for an urgent surgery. He answered the call asap, changed his clothes & went directly to the surgery block. He found the boy’s father pacing in the hall waiting for the doctor.

On seeing him, the dad yelled:

“Why did you take all this time to come? Don’t you know that my son’s life is in danger? Don’t you have any sense of responsibility?”

The doctor smiled & said:

“I am sorry, I wasn’t in the hospital & I came as fast as I could after receiving the call…… And now, I wish you’d calm down so that I can do my work”

Calm down?! What if your son was in this room right now, would you calm down? If your own son dies now what will you do??” said the father angrily

The doctor smiled again & replied: “I will say what Job said in the Holy Book “From dust we came & to dust we return, blessed be the name of God”. Doctors cannot prolong lives. Go & intercede for your son, we will do our best by God’s grace” Giving advises when we’re not concerned is so easy” Murmured the father.

The surgery took some hours after which the doctor went out happy,

“Thank goodness!, your son is saved!” And without waiting for the father’s reply he carried on his way running. “If you have any question, ask the nurse!!”

Why is he so arrogant? He couldn’t wait some minutes so that I ask about my son’s state” Commented the father when seeing the nurse minutes after the doctor left.

The nurse answered, tears coming down her face: “His son died yesterday in a road accident, he was in the burial when we called him for your son’s surgery. And now that he saved your son’s life, he left running to finish his son’s burial.”

Moral – Never judge anyone….. because you never know how their life is and what they’re going through”

Don’t Forget To Share This ….SPREAD HUMANITY

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Be Your Own Hero!

Once you decide to do something, be unstoppable.

Be your own hero. Think clearly and carefully before making a calculated decision and react accordingly.

Always act cautious and levelheaded. Do not let your emotions get the better of your behavior.

You’ve got this. Every day you’re better than the next. Every day, you’re the greatest version of yourself.

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Greed Can Destroy Everything In It’s Path

Normal desires of life compared with greed remind one of the difference between a fire used for cooking and the out of control forest fire. The forest fire can even “crown”. This is a term fire fighters use to indicate a fire that has leaped to the very top of the trees and is blown along by the wind.

Greed can be like that “crowned” forest fire. Blown along by the wind, it can lead to complete destruction for the person.

Greed is nothing more than desire out of control.

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We Could Learn A Lot From Crayons

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors … but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

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We All Need Attention And Love!

The emperor Frederick, who ruled the Roman Empire in the 13th century, thought it would be a useful experiment to discover what our original language was — Hebrew, Greek, Latin or whatever.

So he decided to isolate a few infants from the sound of any human voice. He reasoned that, if so isolated from anything prejudicial, when they spoke, it would be in the universal, natural tongue of the human species.

Wet nurses were obtained to care for these infants. But they were sworn to absolute silence and could not engage in any socializing with these infants in any way.

From the moment they were born, these infants never heard the sound or hum or song of a human. Within a year they were all dead.

(from Earl A. Loomis, Jr. M.D., The Self In Pilgrimage, New York: Harper, 1960, p. 54.)

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