An elderly couple makes restaurant reservations
Because they had no reservations at a busy restaurant, my elderly neighbour and his wife were told there would be a 45-minute wait for a table.
“Young man, we’re both 90 years old,” the husband said. “We may not have 45 minutes.”
They were seated immediately.
Read MoreA young man comes home to find his bride sobbing
A young man came home from the office and found his bride sobbing convulsively. “I feel terrible,” she told him. “I was pressing your suit and I burned a big hole in the seat of your trousers.”
“Forget it,” consoled her husband. “Remember that I’ve got an extra pair of pants for that suit.”
“Yes, and it’s lucky you have,” said the woman, drying her eyes. “I used them to patch the hole.”
Read MoreOn the lighter side by Robert Orben
“Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right?” – Robert Orben
Read MoreChild comes home from the first day of school
The child comes home from his first day at school. His Mother asks, “Well, what did you learn today?”
The kid replies, “Not enough. They want me to come back tomorrow.”
Read MoreThoughts on fitness
No matter how much I exercise my body, it refuses to go away and leave me alone.
Read MoreOn the lighter side by Billy Connolly
“I wonder who discovered we could get milk from cows and what on EARTH did he think he was doing?!” – Billy Connolly
Read MoreFour year old daughter goes to a baptismal service
A friend of mine took her 4-year-old daughter to a baptismal service at her church.
Later that night, her daughter took all of her dolls into the bathtub with her and held her own “baptism.”
As she dunked each doll under the water, she repeated, “Now I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and hold your nose.”
Read MoreFriends, burn that letter written in anger
Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, was angered by an army officer who accused him of favoritism. Stanton complained to Lincoln, who suggested that Staton write the officer a sharp letter. Stanton did, and showed the strongly worded missive to the President. “What are you going to do with it?” Lincoln inquired.
Surprised, Stanton replied, “Send it.”
Lincoln shook his head. “You don’t want to send that letter,” he said. “Put it in the stove. That’s what I do when I have written a letter while I am angry. It’s a good letter and you had a good time writing it and feel better. Now, burn it, and write another.”
“Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil.” (Ephesians 4:26-27 KJV)
Many a bridge has been burned by not “burning” that letter, and that opportunity to show His Light in you.
Read MoreAnger Regretted
I have heard that if a rattlesnake is cornered, it can become so frenzied that it will accidentally bite itself with its deadly fangs. In the same way, when a person harbors resentment and hatred in his heart, he is often hurt by the poison of his own malice. He thinks he is injuring his enemies by displaying his wrath, but the real harm is inflicted deep within his own soul. Anger can also cause us to do and say things we may deeply regret. George W. Martin tells the following true story:
“I remember a fellow who once wrote a nasty letter to his father. Since we worked in the same office, I advised him not to send it because it was written in a fit of temper. But he sealed it and asked me to put it in the mail. Instead, I simply slipped it into my pocket and kept it until the next day. The following morning he arrived at the office looking very worried.
‘George,’ he said, ‘I wish I had never sent that note to my dad yesterday. It hurts me deeply, and I know it will break his heart when he reads it. I’d give 50 dollars to get it back!’ Taking the envelope from my pocket, I handed it to him and told him what I had done. He was so overjoyed that he actually wanted to pay me the 50 dollars!”
“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.” (Matthew 5:22 KJV)
“Raca” is an Aramaic transliteration for “reka,” a term expressing contempt, scorn, or disdain. The Greek word “rhaka” means empty, vain or worthless one, signifying a lack of intellect (i.e. Imbecile or blockhead). It is only found in Matt. 5:22. The Jews used it as a word of contempt. It is derived from a root meaning, “to spit.”
Read MoreProtected By Angels
John Paton was a missionary in the New Hebrides Islands. One night hostile natives surrounded the mission station, intent on burning out the Patons and killing them. Paton and his wife prayed during that terror-filled night that God would deliver them. When daylight came they were amazed to see their attackers leave.
A year later, the chief of the tribe was converted to Christ. Remembering what had happened, Paton asked the chief what had kept him from burning down the house and killing them. The chief replied in surprise, “Who were all those men with you there?” Paton knew no men were present — but the chief said he was afraid to attack because he had seen hundreds of big men in shining garments with drawn swords circling the mission station. “Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.” (Psalms 91:9-11 KJV)
A modern-day account of angels protecting believers? We can’t say for sure, but the Bible teaches that angels minister to believers today just as they did with Jesus and saints of the past.
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