"Christian Voices" (1-22-04)

June 21, 2010

HUMOR

A little girl walked to and from school daily. Though the weather that morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her daily trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with lightning. The mother of the little girl felt concerned that her daughter would be frightened as she walked home from school and she feared the electrical storm might harm her child. Full of concern, the mother quickly got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school. As she did, she saw her little girl walking along.

At each flash of lightning, the child would stop, look up, and smile. Another and another flash of lighting followed quickly and with each, the little girl would look at the streak of light and smile.

When the mother's car drew up beside the child, she lowered the window and called to her 'What are you doing?'

The child answered, 'I am trying to look pretty because I keep seeing the flash when God takes my picture.'

.....Rosemary Westbrook by way of Chaplain Notes (ChapnotesMail@aol.com) (http://www.chapnotes.org) and "Christian Voices" (www.ChristianVoicesWorldwide.net)

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THOUGHT PROVOKING – INSPIRATIONAL

These days it's tough enough just to get everyone together for dinner... let alone make it special. But here's a simple tradition that your kids will look forward to. When my kids were younger, we had a red plate that said "You Are Special."

When one of our children did something nice for somebody, when they got good grades, or had something to celebrate, they got to use the red plate. The rest of the family would take turns giving that child a compliment. It's a great way to encourage your children.

So go out and buy the most colorful or unique plate you can find and make dinner special in your home. You just might find it in a garage sale for a buck or less!

.....Mark W. Merrill by way of Chaplain Notes (ChapnotesMail@aol.com) (http://www.chapnotes.org) and "Christian Voices" (www.ChristianVoicesWorldwide.net)

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There is a wonderful parable about a man living in a cabin In the woods who, one night, woke up to see a bright light Shining in the cabin. He understood that it was God. God said to him, "There is something I want you to do."

The man inquired what it was, and God responded, "There is a big boulder in front of your cabin. I want you to go out There every day and push, and push, and push against that boulder."

The man took God's instructions seriously. Day after day for many, many weeks he pushed against that boulder. But he couldn't budge it an inch. After awhile an idea came into His head, which he understood to be the voice of the devil.

"Look, you don't have to bother with this. You have done your best. You won't succeed at this. Accept that you have Failed. It is useless. Then just take it easy and do the Least amount of work you can."

Before the man would take that advice, however, he decided to pray. He prayed and prayed and prayed. "God, I have done what you asked me. I have been very faithful. Every day for hours I have been pushing against that rock, but I have not budged it an inch. I have failed."

Then God, with great compassion, answered. "Son, you are not a failure. I asked you to push against that rock, and you were obedient. I never asked you to move it. I asked you to push against it. "Because you have pushed faithfully and diligently against that rock every day, notice how strong your arms have become. Your back is brown and sinewy, your legs are massive; You are in such better shape now than you were. You have learned a lot because you have been faithful and obedient."

Then God said to the man, "You have trusted me. Now I will move the rock."

That is the way God does things. So, when life is getting you down, PUSH. When you're having trouble on your job and things are not working out well, PUSH. When the bills are high and the money is low, PUSH. When people aren't responding to you in ways you hope and want, PUSH. When people don't understand you, PUSH.

And what does PUSH mean? Pray until something happens.

.....Bonnie in Montana by way of Chaplain Notes (ChapnotesMail@aol.com) (http://www.chapnotes.org) and "Christian Voices" (www.ChristianVoicesWorldwide.net)

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