Oh, I sure am happy to see you,” the little boy said to his grandmother on
his mother’s side. “Now maybe daddy will do the trick he has been promising us.”
The grandmother was curious. ”What trick is that?” she asked.
“I heard him tell mommy that he would climb the walls if you came to visit,”
the little boy answered.
A dad with five children was picking up toys in the back yard. He
said to his wife, “You know since we had children I’ve learned the meaning of, ‘When I became a man I put away childish
things.’”
"A good character is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were
helped by you will remember you. Carve your name on hearts, not marble."—Charles
Spurgeon
“If I take care of my character, my reputation will take care of itself.”—D.
L. Moody
"No man can climb beyond the limitations of his own character.”—John
Morley
"Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking."—J. C.
Watts Jr.
“The test of a man’s character is what it takes to stop him.”—Bob Jones Sr.
If you can be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining,
If you can eat the same food every day and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any
time,
If you can overlook it when those you love take it out on you when, through no
fault of yours, something goes wrong,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can ignore a friend's limited education and never correct him/her,
If you can resist treating a rich friend better than a poor friend,
Korean Air Lines flight KE007 was shot down by Soviet fighter-jets on
September 1, 1983. On that fateful night, 240 unsuspecting passengers and crew
members were shot down like an innocent sparrow in flight. The trigger-man for
the Soviet Union was Major Osipovich, a pilot who wasn’t originally scheduled
to be in the air during this international travesty.
Randy was unsure about his choice of clothes for church so he sought some
counsel from his wife. He asked, “Do you think I should change?”
She took advantage of the opportunity and replied, “It depends—are you
talking about changing your shirt or making a wholesale change as a human
being?”
Bubble Wrap,
celebrated its golden anniversary in January of 2010. Although the
primary function is to provide cushioned security, Bubble Wrap was
originally inventes as wallpaper. In the late 1950s, a New York
City designer was looking for a new type of textured wall covering, but
the idea never took off. Inventors Marc Chavannes and Al Fielding
envisioned a different application for the bubbly wallpaper and created
an industry with annual revenues of $4 billion. The vision of these two inventors made the difference between success and failure for Bubble Wrap.
A man dialed a wrong number and got the following
recording: “I am not available right now, but I thank you for caring
enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a
message after the beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the
changes.”
A pastor in California was giving an invitation at
the end of his Sunday morning message when a five-year old boy, sensing the
invitation of the Holy Spirit came down the aisle. Not knowing if the
boy was old enough to understand salvation, the pastor took him to his office
and began to ask some theological questions. The more he questioned, the more confused the boy became. Finally, in exasperation, the little fellow
stopped and innocently pleaded, “Pastor Patterson, in your message this morning
you said that if I would come and ask Jesus to save me—He would!
