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| There was a little boy and his sister visiting his grandparents on their farm. Johnny was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in the woods; but he could never hit the target. Getting a little discouraged, he headed back for dinner. As he was walking back he saw Grandma's pet duck. Just out of impulse, he let the slingshot fly, hit the duck square in the head and killed it. He was shocked and grieved! In a panic, he hid the dead duck in the wood pile; only to see his sister watching! Sally had seen it all, but she said nothing. After lunch the next day Grandma said, "Sally, let's wash the dishes" But Sally said, "Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the kitchen." Then she whispered to him, "Remember the duck?" So Johnny did the dishes. Later that day, Grandpa asked if the children wanted to go fishing and Grandma said, "I'm sorry but I need Sally to help make supper." Sally just smiled and said, "Well that's all right because Johnny told me he wanted to help" She whispered again, "Remember the duck?" So Sally went fishing and Johnny stayed to help. After several days of Johnny doing both his chores and Sally's; he finally couldn't stand it any longer. He came to Grandma and confessed that he had killed the duck. Grandma knelt down, gave him a hug and said, "Sweetheart, I know. You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing, but because I love you, I forgave you. I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave of you."
And so it is with us. Whatever is in your past, whatever you have done...And the devil keeps throwing it up in your face (lying, cheating, debt, fear, bad habits, hatred, anger, bitterness, etc.) ...whatever it is...You need to know that God was standing at the window and He saw the whole thing. He has seen your whole life. He wants you to know that He loves you and that you are forgiven. He's just wondering how long you will let the devil make a slave of you. | | |
| A few months ago I started a Myspace Site after I reluctantly let my kids have one. It is mostly their high school friends and our Nashville relatives. The other daughter has some celebrities as friends. She thinks it looks impressive to have a lot of friends on your space page. I told them that they were not to let any creep they didn't know join. If I was aware of any of that going on they would have to shut it down. Also, they were to let me be on their friends list. I haven't done much to mine. It takes more work than I am willing to keep it decorated up. It has had the some background up for several months. I just don't have the time to decorate it up. Anyway we were having Friday supper with friends from church and she told me about Facebook. I had always thought it was for college and high school students but she said that is no longer the case. She said she liked it better than Myspace. It was easier to maintain and that more people were on it. It was a good way to get in contact with people you had lost contact with. Well on Satuday I decided to set me up one Facebook . I used my full name on it. I hope people don't get confused with they see my first name because folks don't know me by that name. They also don't know me by my maiden name but if people from high school ever look for me they would look for me under my maiden name. So far I only have four friends. Two of those are my descendants and the the two are people I have come in contact with from our church here. I haven't found anybody from my high school or college years. Facebook is still much pretty dominated by the under 30 crowd. | | |
| I'm wanting to lose some weight so I've started charting my progress. I haven't started charting what I eat but will start doing that soon. http://www.fitday.com/WebFit/PublicJournals.html?Owner=mkwd | | |
| This was posting on the Living Like No One Else Forum . It's real cute and so true: On the first day, God created the dog and said:
"Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."
The dog said: "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"
So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey and said:
"Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I 'all give you a twenty-year life span."
The monkey said: "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?"
And God agreed.
On the third day, God created the cow and said:
"You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family For this, I will give you a life span of sixty Years."
The cow said: "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"
And God agreed again.
On the fourth day, God created man and said:
"Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."
But man said: "Only twenty years ? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"
"OK," said God, "You asked for it."
So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves.For the next forty years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next ten years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.
"Life has now been explained to you!"
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