Church Calendar of Events
for week starting Dec 13, 2015
Sun, Dec 13
Wed, Dec 16
Thu, Dec 17 NO ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD THIS MONTH
Sun, Dec 20
Wed, Dec 23 NO YOUTH GROUPS
Thu, Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Sun, Dec 27
- 9:00 a.m. Sunday School/Choir/Confirmation
- 10:00 a.m. Worship
- 11:00 a.m. Koinonia
- 11:15 a.m. Adult Study
Wed, Dec 16
- 6:30 p.m. Youth Groups
Thu, Dec 17 NO ADMINISTRATIVE BOARD THIS MONTH
Sun, Dec 20
- 9:00 a.m. Sunday School/Choir/Confirmation
- 10:00 a.m. Worship/Christmas Program/3rd Sunday Offering
- 11:00 a.m. Koinonia
- 11:15 a.m. Adult Study
Wed, Dec 23 NO YOUTH GROUPS
Thu, Dec 24 Christmas Eve
- 9:00 p.m. Candlelight Service
Sun, Dec 27
- 9:00 a.m. Choir/Confirmation
- 10:00 a.m. Worship/Baptism
- 11:00 a.m. Koinonia
- 11:15 a.m. Adult Study
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”
----Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who chops his own wood warms himself twice.
It’s amazing what can happen if you just put your arm around somebody.
“Courage is being scared to death…but saddling up anyway.” ----John Wayne
Autumn is the season that is followed immediately by looking forward to spring.
“Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.”
--Elizabeth Lawrence
If you are neutral in situations of injustice,
you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Love & kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference.
Of all the things you wear, your smile is the most important.
Daily prayers lessen daily cares.
When tempted to fight fire with fire,
remember that the fire department usually uses water.
A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a lifetime of experiences.
Attitude is the unseen thing that always shows.
Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.
I named my dog “Five Miles” so I can tell people
I walk 5 miles everyday.
"A word to the wise isn't necessary --
it's the stupid ones that need advice."
Sometimes you are delayed where you are,
because God knows there is a storm where you are headed.
Be grateful.
Be ye fishers of men. You catch 'em - He'll clean 'em.
“We may not be able to prepare the future for our children,
but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”
---Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness.
You have to catch it yourself.” -----Benjamin Franklin
Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Housework—the work you do that no one notices
until you don’t do it.
No man needs a vacation so much as a man who has just had one.
A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher
and a little bit best friend.
A really good friend is one who lets you be yourself
and likes you in spite of it.
Remember your yesterdays, dream your tomorrows, live your todays.
A farmer and Mother Nature are a winning team.
When God solves your problems, you have faith in His abilities.
When God doesn’t solve your problems, He has faith in your abilities.
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pruning hurts. Pruning helps you grow.
“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same."
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation
with the bricks that others throw at him.
Don’t let today’s disappointments cast a shadow
on tomorrow’s dreams.
“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.”
--Robert Schuller
If you can’t see the bright side, polish the dull side.
“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.”
--Jonathan Winters
When an obstacle appears, don’t say “Why me?” say “Try me!”
Two great talkers will not travel far together.
“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.” –Abigail Van Buren
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” –John Wooden
“By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has yet
harmed his stomach.” --Winston Churchill
“The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.” -- Doug Larson
“The problem with winter sports is that—follow me closely here—they generally take place in winter.”—Dave Barry
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” - Charles Swindoll
Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.
When it snows, you have two choices—shovel or make snow angels.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.
Never pray for money.
The Lord is your shepherd, not your banker.
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
--- John F. Kennedy
It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case.
God has written all the books.
The smallest good deed is better than the greatest good intention.
Horse sense is stable thinking coupled with the ability to say “nay”.
The only way to explain away a lie is another lie.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again,
this time more intelligently.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Without some start-up capital you can't do much.
Just to steal a chicken, you need to lure it with a handful of rice.
Achievements, like pants. Become threadbare if you rest on them.
To bring up a child in the way he should go,
travel that way yourself once in a while.
Happiness is like potato salad…
when you share it with others, it’s a picnic.
All that too many people have for a rainy day is a freshly washed car.
“If you have tried to do something and failed,
you are vastly better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded.”
--Flora McKennon, Columbia, TN
“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball,
I want someone else to go chase it.”
--Rogers Hornsby
When you cannot find your peace in yourself
it is useless to look for it elsewhere.
What a world this would be if we could forget our troubles
as easily as we forget our blessings. –Diane Aschoff, Howells, NE
The perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing,
the birds are singing and the lawn mower is broken.
Conscious is the inner voice that warns us
that someone might be looking!
Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.
In the midst of everything, take time to love and laugh and pray,
Then life will be worth living, each and every day.
Don’t brood over your troubles—you’ll only hatch them..
We need some clouds in our life to make a beautiful sunset.
There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children;
one is roots, the other wings.
Some things are loved because they are valuable;
Others are valuable because they are loved.
–Beverly Kendall, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.
If you can dream it, you can become it.
The highest reward for a farmer’s toil is not what he gets for it,
but what he becomes by it.
He who stoops to help a child stands tall.
“If you aren’t as close to God as you once were,
Make no mistake about who moved.”
“Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.”
There are three kinds of people:
Those who make things happen,
those who watch things happen,
and those who say, “What happened?”
If you want to leave your footprints in the sands of time
Wear work boots.
When the forgetful man gets up in the morning, he reflects on what he is going to do,
whereas he intelligent man sees what God is doing with him.
Just about the time a mother thinks her work is done,
she becomes a grandmother.
To overlook the little things in life is to miss the biggest part of life itself.
No matter how much a man criticizes his wife’s judgment,
he never questions her choice of a husband.
Maturity is acting your age instead of your urge.
The trouble with being punctual is that nobody is there to appreciate it.
The real character of a man can be measured
by what he does when no one is looking.
One nice thing about egotists—they don’t talk about other people.
Many people look forward to the New Year f
or a new start on old habits.
Few things are more delightful
than grandchildren fighting over your lap.
“Peace on Earth will come to stay,
when we live Christmas every day.”
-Helen Steiner Rice
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.
In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
A church sign: Honk if you love Jesus;
text while driving if you want to meet him.
Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push.
God gave us memories so we might have roses in December.
Those who say it can’t be done
should get out of the way of those who are doing it.
It’s nice to know that when you help someone up a hill
you’re a little nearer the top yourself.
October’s poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.
“Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get!”
Mark Twain
It’s the “unity” in “community” that gets the job done.
Too many people itch for things they aren’t willing to scratch for.
“The purpose of life is to matter…to have it make a difference that you live at all…by using whatever talents you may have to the very fullest.
--Evelyn McClellan, Verdigres, Nebraska
Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.
The advantage of growing up with siblings is
that you become very good at fractions.
When sorrow comes, we have no right to ask “Why did this happen to me?”
unless we ask the same question whenever joy comes our way.
--Irene Bargmann, Columbus, Nebraska
No farmer ever plowed a field by turning it over in his mind.
Friends are those rare people
who ask how you are—and then wait to hear the answer.
When you throw mud, you are the only one that loses ground.
If God were permissive,
He would have called them the Ten Suggestions.
Why was Solomon the wisest man in the world?
Because he had so many wives to advise him!
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” JF Kennedy
When we’re tempted to take too much pride in ourselves,
remember this…mankind owes its very existence to
a six-inch layer of topsoil and timely rains.
Things turn out the best for those who make the best
of the way things turn out.
Even if you’re on the right track,
you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Sometimes God calms the raging storm.
Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child.
“The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.”
Jim Vaske, Dyersville, Iowa
“It is never too soon to be kind, for we never know how soon it will be too late.”
- Grace Simpson, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
A mother’s heart is a child’s classroom.
“When the solution is simple, God is answering.”
-Albert Einstein
Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve.
Middle age is when you’re forced to.
Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want,
but the realization of what you already have.
“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until
he begins to blame someone else.”
-Eugene Pals, Belmond, IA
It is never too late to become what you might have been.
“I am old enough to tell the truth. It is one of the privileges of age.
-Georges Clemenceau
Old age is when former classmates are so gray and
wrinkled and bald, they don't recognize you.
When a man marries a woman, they become one;
The trouble starts when they try to decide which one.
A foolish husband says to his wife, "Honey, you stick to the
washin', ironin', cookin' and scrubbin'.
No wife of mine's gonna ‘work’."
The task ahead of you is never as great
as the POWER behind you.
“A smart person knows what to say.
A wise person knows whether or not to say it."
A bad attitude is like a flat tire,
You can’t go anywhere without changing it.
Sometimes it’s okay to take a step back
and admit you are being ridiculous.
Don’t think too much. You’ll create a problem
that wasn’t even there in the first place.
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
The most intelligence is wasted on the greatest foolishness.
Joy is not in things; it is in us.
Those who can…do. Those who can’t…criticize.
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
“Remember that happiness is a way of travel--
Not a destination.”
--Roy M Goodman
“The secret of happiness is to make others
believe they are the cause of it.” -Al Batt
“True friends are hard to find, difficult to leave
and impossible to forget.”
“The tongue weighs practically nothing, but so few can hold it.”
Weather is a great metaphor for life—sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad,
and there’s nothing much you can do but carry an umbrella.
Gratitude is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all the others.
Your mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.
Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet
is fighting some kind of battle.
If a man has enough horse sense to treat his wife like a
thoroughbred, she'll never turn into an old nag.
One thing you can give and still keep...is your word.
The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.
One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.
Wouldn't you know it....
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but FAT cells live forever.
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn't oversleep.
"You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present
by worrying over the future."
" Why do I have to swear on the Bible in court when the
Ten Commandments cannot be displayed outside?”
"Don't argue with an idiot; people watching
may not be able to tell the difference."
"Everything will be alright in the end......
if it's not alright, then it's not the end."
Trouble in marriage often starts when a man gets so busy
earnin' his salt he forgets his sugar.
“Giant oak trees started out as little nuts that held their ground.”
--Ron Thompson, Amherst Junction, WI
From Words to Live By”
“Be like the willow tree -- able to bend without breaking under the
weight of the storms that come your way.” –Words To Live By
“If you are yearning for the good old days, just turn off
the air-conditioning." –Our Iowa Magazine___
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be
changed until it is faced.” –James Baldwin
The act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life
as an act of love that succeeds, for love is measured by fullness,
not by reception. –Harold Loukes
Too much strength overextends itself;
overshooting the mark is just as bad as missing it altogether.
The most beautiful moment of love
is when you have the illusion that it will last forever;
the worst is when you realize that it has already lasted too long.
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
The hardest arithmetic to master is that
which enables us to count our blessings.
I have often been forced to my knees by the overwhelming conviction
that there was no place else to go.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Before strongly desiring anything we should look carefully
into the happiness of its present owner.
Enjoy Life - It Has An Expiration Date
"Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point.”
Happiness keeps you sweet, Difficulties make you stronger,
Errors make you human, Mistakes make you humble,
Success makes you shine But .. .. .. . Only friends .. ..
Make you feel comfortable and free!!!
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”
--Albert Einstein
Strength does not come from physical capacity.
It comes from an indomitable will.
Temptation: seeds we are forbidden to water,
that are showered with rain.
A timid person is frightened before a danger,
a coward during the time,
and a courageous person afterward
You prove your worth with your actions,
Not with your mouth.
Some things change for the better. Some things
change for the worse. And some things change,
apparently, for the mere sake of change.
People don't cry because they are weak,
its because they have been strong for too long.
Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how.
~Author Unknown
Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. I
t might be the only sunshine he sees all day.
~ by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
If at first you don't succeed
Skydiving is not for you...
"Friendship isn't about who you have known the longest,
It's about those who came and never left your side ......"
Without God our week would be
Sinday, Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday,
Thristday, Fightday, Shatterday
Seven days without God makes one weak.
“I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember.
I involve you and you understand.” -Eric Butterworth
Pride is tasteless, colorless and sizeless.
Yet it is the hardest thing to swallow. –August B. Black
Money will buy a pretty good dog,
But it won’t buy the wag of his tail.
“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging
on after others have let go.” --Willaim Feather
Don’t let your worries get the best of you;
Remember Moses was a basket case.
It is better to sleep on things beforehand
than lie awake about them afterwards.
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action;
Try to use ordinary situations.
First keep the peace within yourself,
Then you can also bring peace to others
Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed
with your hands in your pockets.
Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps.
if you are not willing to move your feet.
WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES;
it takes away today's PEACE.
The worst helplessness is forgetting there is help.
The heart of fools is in the mouth:
But the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
--Robert Louis Stevenson
“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind,
but great actions speak to all mankind.”
“If a grain could speak, it would complain
that there is pain in germination,”
“Anyone who loves only the beautiful and the pure,
loves barely half of life.”
“In life one has to go to the funerals of the people we like
And the birthdays of those we don’t.”
The older we get the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
“Most people when they come to you for advice,
come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.”
Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Resurrection is God’s revolt against death.
Be happy for a life fully lived
And live a full life.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you obtain happiness.
Faith doesn’t get you around trouble, it gets you through it!
"It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man."
Psalm 118:8
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
“The most important trip you may take in life
is meeting people half way." -- Henry Boye
“There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle.”
--Samuel Butler
“I’d like to grow old as slowly as possible”.
–Irene Mayer Selznick
“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea
that life is serious." --Brendan Gill
Let anyone with ears to hear listen! - Luke 14:35
“Our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized.”
“A clear conscience is usually a sign of bad memory.”
“Always remember you are unique, just like everyone else.”
“Let our intention herein be this, and this alone,
to glorify God in heaven”.
–John Wesley
“Love doesn’t make the world go ‘round.
It makes the ride worthwhile.”
--Carol Burnett
The finest thing in life is not getting but giving.
God sees the heart not the hand,
the giver not the gift, the love not the label.
Spiritual formation is not individualistic but takes place
in community and finds expression in serving others.
Spiritual formation is not a compartmentalized pursuit.
God is not interested in just our spiritual life;
God is interested in all aspects of our lives.
Spiritual formation involves
practices, experiences, and relationships
that help us live intimately with Christ
and walk as if he were in our place.
Spiritual formation is God’s work,
but requires our participation.
Old age is always 15 years older than I am.
-Bernard Baruch
A man ninety years old was asked what he attributed his longevity.
“I reckon,” he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it’s because most nights I went to bed
and slept when I should have sat up and worried.”
-Dorothea Kent
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
Measure wealth not by the things you have,
but by the things you have for which you would not take money.
You may be disappointed if you fail,
but you are doomed if you don’t try.
-Beverly Sills
“We make a living by what we get,
we make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill
The hardest lesson in life, is to know which bridges to cross and which to burn.
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it,
as the old woman did who found her lost spectacles,
safe on her own nose all the time.
A person is constructed by faith: whatever his faith is, so is he.
Hope has two beautiful daughters.
Their names are anger and courage,
anger at the way things are, and courage
to see that they do not remain the way they are.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
-William James
Hope allows human beings to suffer, daily and eternally.
The 9-year-old girl prayed:
“Dear God, take care of my family, take care of the whole world.
And please, God, take care of yourself or we’re all sunk.”
The slight mispronunciation in the child’s prayer
was still quite applicable. “Give us today our daily breath.”
In his nightly prayer a small boy said,
“Dear God, we had a great time in church today.
I wish you could have been there.”
A young boy in Houston, TX missed his father
who’d been on a long business trip to California.
He began his nightly prayer by saying,
“Our Father, who art in Los Angeles…”
To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful
and hopeful than to be forty years old.
"Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.
The way you cope with it, is what makes the difference."
Everyone thinks of changing the world,
but no one thinks of changing himself.
God does not change what is in people
until they change what is in themselves..
Winners are losers with a new attitude.
Life is what happens to you. Living is what you make happen.
"One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience
is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely
forgive an enemy – whether he knows about it or not." –A. Battista
"You may forget with whom you laughed,
but you will never forget with whom you wept.
Count your blessing; it may take awhile!
Life may not be the party we had planned for
but while we are here, we might as well dance!
Let us endeavor so to live that when we
come to die even the undertaker will be sorry
- Mark Twain
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter.
"You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations."
"Be great in act, as you have been in thought"
"The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift."
-Pierre Corneille
"Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
"One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones
out of stumbling blocks." – Jack Penn
----Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who chops his own wood warms himself twice.
It’s amazing what can happen if you just put your arm around somebody.
“Courage is being scared to death…but saddling up anyway.” ----John Wayne
Autumn is the season that is followed immediately by looking forward to spring.
“Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn.”
--Elizabeth Lawrence
If you are neutral in situations of injustice,
you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great.
Love & kindness are never wasted. They always make a difference.
Of all the things you wear, your smile is the most important.
Daily prayers lessen daily cares.
When tempted to fight fire with fire,
remember that the fire department usually uses water.
A moment’s insight is sometimes worth a lifetime of experiences.
Attitude is the unseen thing that always shows.
Wrinkles are hereditary. Parents get them from their children.
I named my dog “Five Miles” so I can tell people
I walk 5 miles everyday.
"A word to the wise isn't necessary --
it's the stupid ones that need advice."
Sometimes you are delayed where you are,
because God knows there is a storm where you are headed.
Be grateful.
Be ye fishers of men. You catch 'em - He'll clean 'em.
“We may not be able to prepare the future for our children,
but we can at least prepare our children for the future.”
---Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness.
You have to catch it yourself.” -----Benjamin Franklin
Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark.
Housework—the work you do that no one notices
until you don’t do it.
No man needs a vacation so much as a man who has just had one.
A grandmother is a little bit parent, a little bit teacher
and a little bit best friend.
A really good friend is one who lets you be yourself
and likes you in spite of it.
Remember your yesterdays, dream your tomorrows, live your todays.
A farmer and Mother Nature are a winning team.
When God solves your problems, you have faith in His abilities.
When God doesn’t solve your problems, He has faith in your abilities.
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered.”
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
Pruning hurts. Pruning helps you grow.
“A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same."
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation
with the bricks that others throw at him.
Don’t let today’s disappointments cast a shadow
on tomorrow’s dreams.
“Better to do something imperfectly than to do nothing flawlessly.”
--Robert Schuller
If you can’t see the bright side, polish the dull side.
“If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.”
--Jonathan Winters
When an obstacle appears, don’t say “Why me?” say “Try me!”
Two great talkers will not travel far together.
“If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders.” –Abigail Van Buren
“It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” –John Wooden
“By swallowing evil words unsaid, no one has yet
harmed his stomach.” --Winston Churchill
“The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.” -- Doug Larson
“The problem with winter sports is that—follow me closely here—they generally take place in winter.”—Dave Barry
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
“Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children.” - Charles Swindoll
Families are like fudge – mostly sweet with a few nuts.
When it snows, you have two choices—shovel or make snow angels.
There is no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.
Never pray for money.
The Lord is your shepherd, not your banker.
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest
appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
--- John F. Kennedy
It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case.
God has written all the books.
The smallest good deed is better than the greatest good intention.
Horse sense is stable thinking coupled with the ability to say “nay”.
The only way to explain away a lie is another lie.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again,
this time more intelligently.
Man proposes, but God disposes.
Without some start-up capital you can't do much.
Just to steal a chicken, you need to lure it with a handful of rice.
Achievements, like pants. Become threadbare if you rest on them.
To bring up a child in the way he should go,
travel that way yourself once in a while.
Happiness is like potato salad…
when you share it with others, it’s a picnic.
All that too many people have for a rainy day is a freshly washed car.
“If you have tried to do something and failed,
you are vastly better off than if you had tried to do nothing and succeeded.”
--Flora McKennon, Columbia, TN
“I don’t want to play golf. When I hit a ball,
I want someone else to go chase it.”
--Rogers Hornsby
When you cannot find your peace in yourself
it is useless to look for it elsewhere.
What a world this would be if we could forget our troubles
as easily as we forget our blessings. –Diane Aschoff, Howells, NE
The perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing,
the birds are singing and the lawn mower is broken.
Conscious is the inner voice that warns us
that someone might be looking!
Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.
In the midst of everything, take time to love and laugh and pray,
Then life will be worth living, each and every day.
Don’t brood over your troubles—you’ll only hatch them..
We need some clouds in our life to make a beautiful sunset.
There are only two lasting bequests we can give our children;
one is roots, the other wings.
Some things are loved because they are valuable;
Others are valuable because they are loved.
–Beverly Kendall, Mt. Sterling, Kentucky
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it.
If you can dream it, you can become it.
The highest reward for a farmer’s toil is not what he gets for it,
but what he becomes by it.
He who stoops to help a child stands tall.
“If you aren’t as close to God as you once were,
Make no mistake about who moved.”
“Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.”
There are three kinds of people:
Those who make things happen,
those who watch things happen,
and those who say, “What happened?”
If you want to leave your footprints in the sands of time
Wear work boots.
When the forgetful man gets up in the morning, he reflects on what he is going to do,
whereas he intelligent man sees what God is doing with him.
Just about the time a mother thinks her work is done,
she becomes a grandmother.
To overlook the little things in life is to miss the biggest part of life itself.
No matter how much a man criticizes his wife’s judgment,
he never questions her choice of a husband.
Maturity is acting your age instead of your urge.
The trouble with being punctual is that nobody is there to appreciate it.
The real character of a man can be measured
by what he does when no one is looking.
One nice thing about egotists—they don’t talk about other people.
Many people look forward to the New Year f
or a new start on old habits.
Few things are more delightful
than grandchildren fighting over your lap.
“Peace on Earth will come to stay,
when we live Christmas every day.”
-Helen Steiner Rice
Never worry about the size of your Christmas tree.
In the eyes of children, they are all 30 feet tall.
A church sign: Honk if you love Jesus;
text while driving if you want to meet him.
Sometimes the best helping hand you can get is a good, firm push.
God gave us memories so we might have roses in December.
Those who say it can’t be done
should get out of the way of those who are doing it.
It’s nice to know that when you help someone up a hill
you’re a little nearer the top yourself.
October’s poplars are flaming torches lighting the way to winter.
“Climate is what we expect; weather is what we get!”
Mark Twain
It’s the “unity” in “community” that gets the job done.
Too many people itch for things they aren’t willing to scratch for.
“The purpose of life is to matter…to have it make a difference that you live at all…by using whatever talents you may have to the very fullest.
--Evelyn McClellan, Verdigres, Nebraska
Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.
The advantage of growing up with siblings is
that you become very good at fractions.
When sorrow comes, we have no right to ask “Why did this happen to me?”
unless we ask the same question whenever joy comes our way.
--Irene Bargmann, Columbus, Nebraska
No farmer ever plowed a field by turning it over in his mind.
Friends are those rare people
who ask how you are—and then wait to hear the answer.
When you throw mud, you are the only one that loses ground.
If God were permissive,
He would have called them the Ten Suggestions.
Why was Solomon the wisest man in the world?
Because he had so many wives to advise him!
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” JF Kennedy
When we’re tempted to take too much pride in ourselves,
remember this…mankind owes its very existence to
a six-inch layer of topsoil and timely rains.
Things turn out the best for those who make the best
of the way things turn out.
Even if you’re on the right track,
you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Sometimes God calms the raging storm.
Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child.
“The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter.”
Jim Vaske, Dyersville, Iowa
“It is never too soon to be kind, for we never know how soon it will be too late.”
- Grace Simpson, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
A mother’s heart is a child’s classroom.
“When the solution is simple, God is answering.”
-Albert Einstein
Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve.
Middle age is when you’re forced to.
Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want,
but the realization of what you already have.
“A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until
he begins to blame someone else.”
-Eugene Pals, Belmond, IA
It is never too late to become what you might have been.
“I am old enough to tell the truth. It is one of the privileges of age.
-Georges Clemenceau
Old age is when former classmates are so gray and
wrinkled and bald, they don't recognize you.
When a man marries a woman, they become one;
The trouble starts when they try to decide which one.
A foolish husband says to his wife, "Honey, you stick to the
washin', ironin', cookin' and scrubbin'.
No wife of mine's gonna ‘work’."
The task ahead of you is never as great
as the POWER behind you.
“A smart person knows what to say.
A wise person knows whether or not to say it."
A bad attitude is like a flat tire,
You can’t go anywhere without changing it.
Sometimes it’s okay to take a step back
and admit you are being ridiculous.
Don’t think too much. You’ll create a problem
that wasn’t even there in the first place.
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.
The most intelligence is wasted on the greatest foolishness.
Joy is not in things; it is in us.
Those who can…do. Those who can’t…criticize.
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
“Remember that happiness is a way of travel--
Not a destination.”
--Roy M Goodman
“The secret of happiness is to make others
believe they are the cause of it.” -Al Batt
“True friends are hard to find, difficult to leave
and impossible to forget.”
“The tongue weighs practically nothing, but so few can hold it.”
Weather is a great metaphor for life—sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad,
and there’s nothing much you can do but carry an umbrella.
Gratitude is not only the greatest virtue,
but the parent of all the others.
Your mind is like a parachute...it functions only when open.
Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet
is fighting some kind of battle.
If a man has enough horse sense to treat his wife like a
thoroughbred, she'll never turn into an old nag.
One thing you can give and still keep...is your word.
The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.
One thing you can't recycle is wasted time.
Wouldn't you know it....
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but FAT cells live forever.
The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.
If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn't oversleep.
"You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present
by worrying over the future."
" Why do I have to swear on the Bible in court when the
Ten Commandments cannot be displayed outside?”
"Don't argue with an idiot; people watching
may not be able to tell the difference."
"Everything will be alright in the end......
if it's not alright, then it's not the end."
Trouble in marriage often starts when a man gets so busy
earnin' his salt he forgets his sugar.
“Giant oak trees started out as little nuts that held their ground.”
--Ron Thompson, Amherst Junction, WI
From Words to Live By”
“Be like the willow tree -- able to bend without breaking under the
weight of the storms that come your way.” –Words To Live By
“If you are yearning for the good old days, just turn off
the air-conditioning." –Our Iowa Magazine___
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be
changed until it is faced.” –James Baldwin
The act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life
as an act of love that succeeds, for love is measured by fullness,
not by reception. –Harold Loukes
Too much strength overextends itself;
overshooting the mark is just as bad as missing it altogether.
The most beautiful moment of love
is when you have the illusion that it will last forever;
the worst is when you realize that it has already lasted too long.
Nearly all men can stand adversity,
but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.
The hardest arithmetic to master is that
which enables us to count our blessings.
I have often been forced to my knees by the overwhelming conviction
that there was no place else to go.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
Before strongly desiring anything we should look carefully
into the happiness of its present owner.
Enjoy Life - It Has An Expiration Date
"Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it has no point.”
Happiness keeps you sweet, Difficulties make you stronger,
Errors make you human, Mistakes make you humble,
Success makes you shine But .. .. .. . Only friends .. ..
Make you feel comfortable and free!!!
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.”
--Albert Einstein
Strength does not come from physical capacity.
It comes from an indomitable will.
Temptation: seeds we are forbidden to water,
that are showered with rain.
A timid person is frightened before a danger,
a coward during the time,
and a courageous person afterward
You prove your worth with your actions,
Not with your mouth.
Some things change for the better. Some things
change for the worse. And some things change,
apparently, for the mere sake of change.
People don't cry because they are weak,
its because they have been strong for too long.
Don't wait for people to be friendly, show them how.
~Author Unknown
Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. I
t might be the only sunshine he sees all day.
~ by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
If at first you don't succeed
Skydiving is not for you...
"Friendship isn't about who you have known the longest,
It's about those who came and never left your side ......"
Without God our week would be
Sinday, Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday,
Thristday, Fightday, Shatterday
Seven days without God makes one weak.
“I tell you and you forget. I show you and you remember.
I involve you and you understand.” -Eric Butterworth
Pride is tasteless, colorless and sizeless.
Yet it is the hardest thing to swallow. –August B. Black
Money will buy a pretty good dog,
But it won’t buy the wag of his tail.
“Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging
on after others have let go.” --Willaim Feather
Don’t let your worries get the best of you;
Remember Moses was a basket case.
It is better to sleep on things beforehand
than lie awake about them afterwards.
Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action;
Try to use ordinary situations.
First keep the peace within yourself,
Then you can also bring peace to others
Success is a ladder that cannot be climbed
with your hands in your pockets.
Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps.
if you are not willing to move your feet.
WORRYING does not take away tomorrow's TROUBLES;
it takes away today's PEACE.
The worst helplessness is forgetting there is help.
The heart of fools is in the mouth:
But the mouth of the wise is in their heart.
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
--Robert Louis Stevenson
“Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind,
but great actions speak to all mankind.”
“If a grain could speak, it would complain
that there is pain in germination,”
“Anyone who loves only the beautiful and the pure,
loves barely half of life.”
“In life one has to go to the funerals of the people we like
And the birthdays of those we don’t.”
The older we get the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
“Most people when they come to you for advice,
come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.”
Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
Resurrection is God’s revolt against death.
Be happy for a life fully lived
And live a full life.
When you relinquish the desire to control your future, you obtain happiness.
Faith doesn’t get you around trouble, it gets you through it!
"It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man."
Psalm 118:8
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
“The most important trip you may take in life
is meeting people half way." -- Henry Boye
“There’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle.”
--Samuel Butler
“I’d like to grow old as slowly as possible”.
–Irene Mayer Selznick
“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea
that life is serious." --Brendan Gill
Let anyone with ears to hear listen! - Luke 14:35
“Our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized.”
“A clear conscience is usually a sign of bad memory.”
“Always remember you are unique, just like everyone else.”
“Let our intention herein be this, and this alone,
to glorify God in heaven”.
–John Wesley
“Love doesn’t make the world go ‘round.
It makes the ride worthwhile.”
--Carol Burnett
The finest thing in life is not getting but giving.
God sees the heart not the hand,
the giver not the gift, the love not the label.
Spiritual formation is not individualistic but takes place
in community and finds expression in serving others.
Spiritual formation is not a compartmentalized pursuit.
God is not interested in just our spiritual life;
God is interested in all aspects of our lives.
Spiritual formation involves
practices, experiences, and relationships
that help us live intimately with Christ
and walk as if he were in our place.
Spiritual formation is God’s work,
but requires our participation.
Old age is always 15 years older than I am.
-Bernard Baruch
A man ninety years old was asked what he attributed his longevity.
“I reckon,” he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it’s because most nights I went to bed
and slept when I should have sat up and worried.”
-Dorothea Kent
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.
-Frank Lloyd Wright
Measure wealth not by the things you have,
but by the things you have for which you would not take money.
You may be disappointed if you fail,
but you are doomed if you don’t try.
-Beverly Sills
“We make a living by what we get,
we make a life by what we give.” Winston Churchill
The hardest lesson in life, is to know which bridges to cross and which to burn.
If you ever find happiness by hunting for it, you will find it,
as the old woman did who found her lost spectacles,
safe on her own nose all the time.
A person is constructed by faith: whatever his faith is, so is he.
Hope has two beautiful daughters.
Their names are anger and courage,
anger at the way things are, and courage
to see that they do not remain the way they are.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
-William James
Hope allows human beings to suffer, daily and eternally.
The 9-year-old girl prayed:
“Dear God, take care of my family, take care of the whole world.
And please, God, take care of yourself or we’re all sunk.”
The slight mispronunciation in the child’s prayer
was still quite applicable. “Give us today our daily breath.”
In his nightly prayer a small boy said,
“Dear God, we had a great time in church today.
I wish you could have been there.”
A young boy in Houston, TX missed his father
who’d been on a long business trip to California.
He began his nightly prayer by saying,
“Our Father, who art in Los Angeles…”
To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful
and hopeful than to be forty years old.
"Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is.
The way you cope with it, is what makes the difference."
Everyone thinks of changing the world,
but no one thinks of changing himself.
God does not change what is in people
until they change what is in themselves..
Winners are losers with a new attitude.
Life is what happens to you. Living is what you make happen.
"One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience
is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely
forgive an enemy – whether he knows about it or not." –A. Battista
"You may forget with whom you laughed,
but you will never forget with whom you wept.
Count your blessing; it may take awhile!
Life may not be the party we had planned for
but while we are here, we might as well dance!
Let us endeavor so to live that when we
come to die even the undertaker will be sorry
- Mark Twain
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent
about things that matter.
"You can’t base your life on other people’s expectations."
"Be great in act, as you have been in thought"
"The manner in which it is given is worth more than the gift."
-Pierre Corneille
"Do not follow where the path may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
"One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones
out of stumbling blocks." – Jack Penn