Dan serves his athletic body. He works out in a gym five days a week
and has impeccable eating habits. He is attracted only to other
beautiful body people. The problem is he keeps falling for shallow
women who have no depth of spirit of character. He feels lonely and
empty and eventually becomes bored and bitter. The false god of vanity
fails him.
“Waiting for God is not laziness. Waiting for God is not going to
sleep. Waiting for God is not the abandonment of effort. Waiting for
God means, first, activity under command; second, readiness for any new
command that may come; third, the ability to do nothing until the
command is given.”—G. Campbell Morgan
Source: The Westminster Pulpit, G. Campbell Morgan
In 1969, in Pass Christian, Mississippi, a group of people were
preparing to have a “hurricane party” in the face of a storm named
Camille. The wind was howling outside the posh Richelieu Apartments when
Police Chief Jerry Peralta pulled up sometime after dark. A man
with a drink in his hand came out to the second-floor balcony and waved.
Peralta yelled up, “You all need to clear out of here as quickly as you
can. The storm's getting worse.” But as others joined the man on the
balcony, they just laughed at Peralta's order to leave.
Thomas Martin is the former manager of a Jack-in-the-Box restaurant in
Oroville, California. He reported a robbery in which
the crook took $307 as the store was closing. When questioned about the
suspect, Martin provided police sketch artist Jack Lee with a detailed
description of the assailant. After Lee completed his sketch, he
observed how the drawing looked just like Martin. When investigators
noted the similarity, Martin confessed to the crime.
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, December 28, 1996
One man was speaking about his finances. He said, “I am like a
walking economy. My hairline is in recession, my waistline is going
through inflation, and together they are pushing me to depression.”
While driving in Pennsylvania, a family caught up to an Amish carriage.
The owner of the carriage obviously had a sense of humor, because
attached to the back of the carriage was a hand printed sign that read:
“Energy
efficient vehicle: Runs on oats and grass. Caution: Do not step in
exhaust.”
“Form the habit of heeding His taps, and you will be less likely to
receive His raps.”—A. W. Pink
“Remind yourself of how much dross there is yet among the gold and view
the corruption of your own heart and marvel that God has not smitten you
more severely.”—A. W. Pink
