Let's Have Church #3

I've Learned

I've learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.
(Age 39)

I've learned that just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up.
(Age 13)

I've learned that children and grandparents are natural allies.
(Age 46)

I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
(Age 82)

I've learned that silent company is often more healing than words of advice.
(Age 24) I've learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your work, meeting new people and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you.
(Age 65)

I've learned that motel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone.
(Age 50)

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss them terribly after they die.
(Age 53)

I've learned that you can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
(Age 7)

I've learned that the greater a person's sense of guilt, the greater his need to cast blame on others.
(Age 46)

I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.
(Age 62)

I've learned that it pays to believe in miracles. And to tell the truth, I've seen several.
(Age 73)

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.
(Age 64)

I've learned that brushing my child's hair is one of life's great pleasures.
(Age 29)

I've learned that wherever I go, the worlds worst drivers have followed me there.
(Age 29)

I've learned that singing "Amazing Grace" can lift my spirits for hours.
(Age 49)

I've learned that you can make someone's day by simply send them a little card.
(Age 44)

I've learned that if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up.
(Age 13)

I've learned that when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back.
(Age 9)

I've learned that although it's hard to admit it, I'm secretly glad my parents are strict with me.
(Age 15)

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights.
(Age 52)

I've learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision.
(Age 66)

I've learned that if you want to do something positive for your children, try to improve your marriage.
(Age 61)

I've learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.
(Age 58)

I've learned that everyone can use a prayer.
(Age 72)

I've learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sing "Silent Night".
(Age 7)

I've learned that there are people who love you dearly but just don't know how to show it.
(Age 41)

I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch--holding hands, a warm hug or just a friendly pat on the back.
(Age 85)

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.
(Age 92)

Please pass this on to someone you care about. Sometimes they just need a little something to make them smile... :o)

-Judi Harrison

No Charge

My little boy came into the kitchen this evening while I was fixing supper. He handed me a piece of paper he'd been writing on. So, after wiping my hands on my apron, I read it, and this is what it said:

For mowing the grass...$5.00
For making my own bed this week...$1.00
For going to the store...$ .50
For playing with my baby brother while you went shopping...$ .25
For taking out the trash...$1.00
For getting a good report card...$5.00
And for raking the yard...$2.00

Well, I looked at him standing there expectantly and a thousand memories flashed through my mind. So I picked up the paper and turning it over, this is what I wrote:

For the nine months I carried you, growing inside me...No Charge
For the nights I sat up with you, doctored you, prayed for you...No Charge
For the time and the tears, and the cost through the years...No Charge
For the nights filled with dread and the worries ahead, there's...No Charge
For advice and the knowledge, and the cost of your college...No Charge
For the toys, food and clothes, and for wiping your nose, there's...No Charge Son
When you add it all up, the full cost of my love is...No Charge

Well, when he finished reading, he had great big tears in his eyes. And he looked up at me and he said, "Mama, I sure do love you." Then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote, PAID IN FULL. When you add it all up, the cost of real love is No Charge.

-Melba Montgomery

Give Us Our Daily Awareness

On life's busy thoroughfares,
We meet with angels unawares.
So, Father make us kind and wise,
So we may always recognize.
The blessings that are ours to take,
The friendships that are ours to make.
If we but open our heart's doorwide,
To let the sunshine of love inside.

By Helen Steiner Rice

Emergency Phone Numbers

When in sorrow, call John:14
When men fail you, call Psalm:27
If you want to be fruitful, call John:15
When you have sinned, call Psalm:51
When you worry, call Matthew 6:19-34
When you are in danger, call Psalm 91
When God seems far away, call Psalm 139
When your faith needs stirring, call Hebrews 11
When you are lonely and fearful, call Psalm 23
When you grow bitter and critical, call ICorinthians 13
For Paul's secret to happiness, call Colossians 3:12-17
For idea of Christianity, call ICorinthians 5:15-19
When you feel down and out, call Romans 8:31-39
When you want peace and rest, call Matthew 11:25-30
When the world seems bigger than God, call Psalm 90
When you want Christian assurance, call Romans 8:1-30
When you leave home for labor or travel, call Psalm 121
When your prayers grow narrow or selfish, call Psalm 67
For a great invention/opportunity, call Isaiah 55
When you want courage for a task, call Joshua 1
How to get along with fellowmen, call Romans 12
When you think of investments/returns, call Mark 10
If you are depressed, call Psalm 27
If your pocketbook is empty, call Psalm 37
If your losing confidence in people, call ICorinthians 13
If people seem unkind, call John 15
If discouraged about your work, call Psalm 126
If you find the world growing small and yourself great, call Psalm 19

-- Author unknown

Emergency numbers may be dialed direct.
No operator assistance is necessary.
All lines are open to Heaven 24 hours a day!
Feed your faith and doubt will starve to death!

Slow Me Down Lord

Ease the pounding of my heart by the quieting of my mind.
Steady my hurried pace.
Give me, amidst the day's confusion, the calmness of the everlasting hills.
Break the tensions of my nerves and muscles,
With the soothing music of singing streams that live in my memory.
Help me to know the magical, restoring power of sleep.
Teach me the art of taking "minute vacations,"
Slowing down to look at a flower, to chat with a friend,
To read a few lines from a good book.
Remind me of the fable of the hare and tortoise,
That the race is not always to the swift,
That there is more to life than measuring its speed.
Let me look up at the branches of the towering oak,
And know that it grew slowly and well.
Inspire me to send my own roots down deep into the soil of life's endearing values,
That I may grow toward the stars of my greater destiny.
Slow Me Down Lord!

-Author Unknown

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