A merry heart...

Pastor Jones was reading the classifieds when he came across an ad for a free talking parrot. He called the number listed, and advised the owner he was interested in his free talking parrot. The owner gave Pastor Jones directions to his location. When Pastor Jones arrived he was surprised to see the location was a gambling casino and lounge. He went inside and saw the parrot sitting on the bar. He told the owner he was Pastor Jones and he was there to get the free parrot. The owner told him he did not know he was a preacher, and it was probably not a good idea for him to have the bird. He told Pastor Jones the parrot had lived there all of his life in the bar and casino and may say anything. Pastor Jones assured the owner it would be ok, that he would retrain the parrot to say good things. The following Sunday Pastor Jones takes the bird to church with him. As Pastor Jones is preparing to speak he puts the bird on the pulpit. He notices the bird is looking back and forth over the congregation. The bird takes a second look at the congregation, then looks up at Pastor Jones and says, "yep, same old crowd!"

Daily Bread

HE guides our feet,
He guards our way,
His morning smiles bless all the day;
He spreads the evening veil,
and keepsThe silent hours while Israel sleeps.-I WATTS

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
-Psalm 4:8

Word of Wisdom

If a task is once begun,never leave it till it's done. Be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.


Whatever your hands finds to do, do it with all your might. -Ecclesiastes 9:10

Wise Words from Erma Bombeck

IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER - by Erma Bombeck (written after she found out she was dying from cancer).



I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.



I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.



I would have talked less and listened more.



I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded.



I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.



I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.



I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.



I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.



I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains.



I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life.



I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil, or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.


Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.


When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, 'Later. Now go get washed up for dinner.'


There would have been more 'I love you's' More 'I'm sorry's.'


But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute.look at it and really see it . . live it and never give it back.


STOP SWEATING THE SMALL STUFF!!! Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more, or who's doing what. Instead, let's cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us.

Daily Bread

When asked what contributed to his success as supreme allied commander during WWII, Eisenhower said that one of the things he found helpful to remember was that the urgent things were seldom important, and the important things were seldom urgent.

Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won't get you anywhere.

Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.- Matthew 6:34

Word of Wisdom

To have what we want is riches; but to be able to do without is power. -McDonald

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. -Philippians 4:12,13

Daily Bread

"Oh, Lord, give me a back-bone as big as a saw log, and ribs like the sleepers under the church floor; put iron shoes on me, and galvanized breeches. And give me a rhinocerous hide for a skin, and hang a wagon load of determination up in the gable-end of my soul, and help me to sign the contract to fight the devil as long as I've got a fist, and bite him as long as I've got a tooth, and then gum him till I die. All this I ask for Christ's sake. AMEN! -Bud Robinson



Finally, my brethern, be strong in the Lord, and the power of His might. -Ephesians 6:10