March 25, 2010

 

 

HUMOR

 

One Sunday morning when my son, David, was about 5, we were attending a church in our community.

 

It was common for the preacher to invite the children to the front of the church and have a small lesson before beginning the sermon. He would bring in an item they could find around the house and relate it to a teaching from the Bible.

 

This particular morning, the visual aid for his lesson was a smoke detector. He asked the children if anyone knew what it meant when an alarm sounded from the smoke detector.

 

My child immediately raised his hand and said, "It means Daddy's cooking dinner."

 

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THOUGHT PROVOKING – INSPIRATIONAL

 

Mounds of dirty used paper money moved along the conveyor belt to the shredder. A single dollar bill and a twenty, unaware of their destiny, struck up a conversation. The twenty reminisced about its travels all over the country.

 

"I've had a pretty good life." the twenty proclaimed. "I've been to Las Vegas and Atlantic City, the finest restaurants in New York, performances on Broadway, and even a cruise from Miami."

 

"Wow!" said the single, "you really have gotten around."

 

"So tell me", says the twenty, "where have you been throughout your lifetime?"

 

"Oh, I've been to the Methodist Church, the Baptist Church, the Presbyterian Church, the Lutheran Church, the Catholic Church, the Orthodox Church, Assembly of God Church, the Brethren Church, the United Church of Christ, ....."

 

And the twenty says, "What's a church?"

 

.....Chaplain's Notes (http://www.chapnotes.org) (t.airportchaplain@verizon.net) by way of "Christian Voices" (www.ChristianVoicesWorldwide.net) 

 

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I had a very special teacher in high school many years ago whose husband died suddenly of a heart attack.  About a week after his death, she shared some of her insight with a classroom of students.

 

As the late afternoon sunlight came streaming in through the classroom windows and the class was nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk and sat down there.  With a gentle look of reflection on her face, she paused and said, “Before class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought that is unrelated to class, but which I feel is very important.”

 

“Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves.  None of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment.  Perhaps this is God's way of telling us that we must make the most out of every single day.”

 

Her eyes beginning to water, but she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a promise.  From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to notice.  It doesn't have to be something you see -- it could be a scent; perhaps of freshly baked bread wafting out of someone's house, or it could be the sound of the breeze slightly rustling the leaves in the trees, or the way the morning light catches one autumn leaf as it falls gently to the ground.

 

Please look for these things and cherish them.  For, although it may sound trite to some, these things are “the stuff” of life.  The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted.  We must make it important to notice them, for at any time...it can all be taken away.”

 

The class was completely quiet.  We all picked up our books and filed out of the room silently.  That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester.

 

Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an impression she made on all of us, and I try to appreciate all of those things that sometimes we overlook.

 

Take notice of something special you see on your lunch hour today.  Go barefoot.  Or walk on the beach at sunset. Stop off on the way home tonight to get a double-dip ice cream cone. For as we get older, it is not just the things we did that we often regret, but the things we didn't do.

 

.....Chaplain's Notes (http://www.chapnotes.org) (t.airportchaplain@verizon.net) by way of "Christian Voices" (www.ChristianVoicesWorldwide.net) 

 

 

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